British Quotes · Page 23

We made the U.K. our home, and I'm lucky enough that I get to call myself British and have such great support…

— Johanna Konta

The spread of personal ownership is in harmony with the deepest instincts of the British people. Few changes have done more to…

— Nigel Lawson

Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times.

— Alex Kingston

You cannot underestimate the impact the Internet has had on British fashion.

— Natalie Massenet

When I was competing I didn't have a nutritionist. It wasn't something that British athletics offered back then.

— Linford Christie

Compliments are very un-British, but when someone pays you one, you should take it.

— Boy George

To me, the [British] Open is the tournament I would come to if I had to leave a month before and swim…

— Lee Trevino

I am confident that the British people will not be intimidated by terrorism.

— Tom Allen

In Britain, there was always a great connection between me and the gallery. It was a very good chemistry because I was…

— Seve Ballesteros

But Johnson's Churchill-lite shtick and Theresa May's even less convincing Iron Lady routine are only even vaguely viable because they tap into…

— David Olusoga

It can be said of him, when he departed he took a Man's life with him. No sounder piece of British manhood…

— John Keats

We remain united with the British, and our allies around the world, in our resolve to defeat terrorism and bring those who…

— Doc Hastings

It is time my colleagues got real. All British universities doing worthwhile research use animals, and, instead of hiding, they should be…

— Robert Winston

If a British guy saw someone at the wheel of a Rolls- Royce, he'd say 'come the revolution and we'll take that…

— Kerry Packer

I'm for fighting a war on terrorism, not a war in Southwest Asia that Alexander the Great couldn't win, the British Empire…

— Kurt Schrader

I was lucky that one of my first movies, 'One Million Years B.C.' was made in Europe by a British company. The…

— Raquel Welch

“ Cavendish was a great Man with extraordinary singularities—His voice was squeaking his manner nervous He was afraid of strangers & seemed…

— Humphry Davy

Contrasting British servicemen and women with the appeasers, it is hard not to laugh. Are these two sides even the same species,…

— Julie Burchill

He seemed to realize she was staring at him, because the cursing stopped. "You cut me," he said. His voice was pleasant.…

— Cassandra Clare

I think that what we have heard from the Remain campaign throughout this whole referendum have been dire warnings of the terrible…

— Michael Gove

Most British playwrights of my generation, as well as younger folks, apparently feel somewhat obliged to Russian literature - and not only…

— Tom Stoppard

The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. In this respect his authority would be…

— Alexander Hamilton

All the talk about the so-called unspeakable horror of early capitalism can be refuted by a single statistic: precisely in these years…

— Ludwig von Mises

That's the one thing I say about the great British shows. You know, I see it on the series on HBO where…

— Hayden Panettiere

Sometimes people say to me, 'Ah, you're not really Spanish; you're British.'

— Cesar Azpilicueta

You can't beat a British holiday for rock pooling and sandcastles with fish and chips on the seafront - perfect.

— Kate Garraway

I'm British, so obviously I repress any powerful emotions of any kind in relation to anything.

— John Oliver

We have lost the good old British spirit. Instead we have American journalism and black-shirted buffoons making a cheap imitation of ice-cream…

— Oswald Mosley

I always felt I wasn't completely American and I wasn't completely British: there was a feeling of having my feet in both…

— Gillian Anderson

Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were.

— Lawrence Durrell

There are managers out there who have not won a single trophy in British football.

— Martin O'Neill

The British soldiers serving in Afghanistan alongside Prince Harry were in exceptional danger until he was withdrawn.

— John Eisenhower

I've always felt like I was going to win a British Open at St. Andrews. That place is suited for me.

— Brooks Koepka

If the British think they can simply detach from the continent and sail towards the USA or China, then they are mistaken.

— Yanis Varoufakis

In my job I meet many outstanding, world class, British based companies. But we need more companies and more jobs in the…

— Vince Cable

I do consider myself British. I have very strong feelings about my British heritage.

— Slash

When Captain America died, Americans heard it in an American way: through the media. When Captain Britain died, the British felt it…

— Paul Cornell

The British have given me good support for the last 8 years and have always believed in me.

— Jonathan Brown

We have no duty of care to improve the lot of poor Romanians or Poles or Pakistanis or anyone else who is…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

British music lovers in general are dreadfully concerned about being cool, but I'm quite happy to grab uncool by the horns at…

— KT Tunstall