British Quotes · Page 118

Proportional representation is as British as first-past-the-post.

— Mehdi Hasan

I am very happy to be part of European and world cinema as a British filmmaker.

— Mike Leigh

Actually, the British boarding school experience turns out to be not that exotic.

— Mark Romanek

As the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is the most…

— William E. Gladstone

British boxing fans are amazing, and the O2 is one of the best venues in the world.

— Paulie Malignaggi

Civil servants are fully aware of the challenges the British economy faces. They are, after all, working tirelessly and professionally to support…

— Anonymous

If the British government is prepared to say that the Unionists will not have a veto over British government policy and that…

— Martin McGuinness

Within two months I made the grand slam: covers of 'American Vogue', 'Italian Vogue', 'British Vogue', and 'French Vogue'.

— Linda Evangelista

If you want something bad enough, you've got to make a bold move. Just make sure you clear the bold move with…

— Christopher Titus

At the other end of the scale I was there with a whole lot of young British athletes so I was getting…

— Jill Douglas

All I'm saying is we got plenty of Texans, and people from Montana, and New Jersey, and Wyoming, or Kansas City. We…

— Billy Bob Thornton

I love punk, I love a lot of British Invasion bands, I love garage bands.

— Anna Sui

However, I began to submit poems to British magazines, and some were accepted. It was a great moment to see my first…

— Helen Dunmore

U.K. aid spending in India is that it ensures that we are able to work with our partners to develop their markets,…

— Barry Gardiner

If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.

— Rachel Maddow

We had a band called the Grainers. In our 12-year-old minds, this was like a double entendre for like being annoying and…

— Oneohtrix Point Never

Before they became Americans, most white inhabitants of the 13 colonies considered themselves British. It was predictable, therefore, that they would lust…

— Linda Colley

There is no cannibalism in the British navy, absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount.

— Graham Chapman

I really like Roland Moret, Alexander McQueen and Marios Schwab, a young British designer.

— Naomie Harris

I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why.

— Elvis Costello

The actors I respect are the real character actors, who are the real chameleon actors that completely change from role to role.…

— Fran Kranz

I was asked by this British band called Kairos 4Tet to write lyrics for them. And I wrote lyrics for them. The…

— Rupert Friend

That is the nature of the British psyche. It's very blunt, plain, very linear. It's pragmatic: it records life as it is.

— Steven Berkoff

Even though I spent the first five years of my life in Nagasaki, going to Japan can be really difficult. Even if…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

What's so useful about the British culture of politeness is the level of passive aggression is really fun to write.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge