British Quotes · Page 21

The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bring the British Conservative Party back in to the mainstream.

— David Miliband

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.

— Diane Wakoski

But we had a fantastic coach, Simon Clifford, who runs a British football youth game which teaches Brazilian techniques - which is…

— Parminder Nagra

The British capitalize on their accent when they don't want you to know what they're saying. But if you wake them up…

— Henry A. Kissinger

The British churchgoer prefers a severe preacher because he thinks a few home truths will do his neighbors no harm.

— George Bernard Shaw

In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair.

— Andy Gibb

Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification…

— Martin McGuinness

I once found myself conspiring with a British Cabinet Minister as to how we might persuade Her Majesty's Treasury to cough up…

— David Ogilvy

A lot of British actors will look at America as a land of opportunity. In England, there's such a small pool of…

— Aml Ameen

I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing.

— Charles Stross

I will walk on no grave of Ulster's honoured dead to do a deal with the IRA or the British government.

— Ian Paisley

Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben, I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting…

— Alan Bradley

If there's one thing above all that sets me apart from Tony Blair it is this - I am not embarrassed to…

— William Hague

British housing stock has so much potential to be dragged into the 21st century.

— George Clarke

I guess the British audience accepted us for being refreshing and interesting.

— Moa Kikuchi

In my case, I estimate that the members of the British Chiropractic Association have an annual turnover of £100m, and the BCA…

— Simon Singh

The British have always made terrible parents.

— Rachel Cusk

I never talk about shooting anybody, but I do acknowledge I was a member of the IRA, and as a member of…

— Martin McGuinness

[The British constitution] presumes more boldly than any other the good sense and the good faith of those who work it.

— William E. Gladstone

Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to…

— Winston Churchill

The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has…

— Theodore Zeldin

I made a very concerted decision to go to drama school in the United States. But I did have the opportunity to…

— Kate Burton

So my father [Erwin Rommel] decided during the battle in Normandy, he knew really soon that it wasn't possible to win this…

— Manfred Rommel

Most Americans don't even know that Minnie Driver is English or that Catherine Zeta Jones is Welsh, but people are reminded every…

— Alex Kingston

I get nostalgic for British negativity. There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. When you go back to…

— John Oliver