British Quotes · Page 30

This was absolutely an attack on [British Prime Minister] Tony Blair, principally, and the perspective which is really predominant in Europe right…

— George Michael

I'd like to do a little bit of everything. I think the only thing I can't do is a British accent, so…

— Jenny Slate

The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which she never…

— Oscar Wilde

A power of recall that depended solely on the electorate and was not subject to unnecessary hurdles of Parliamentary procedures would show…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

What do you feel? I’ve never been asked this question once. None of us has. We aren’t supposed to feel. We’re British.

— Libba Bray

I said that Mrs Obama has been extremely supportive of American designers, but clearly we were disappointed that she chose to wear…

— Diane von Furstenberg

Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to…

— Arthur Scargill

I've always felt that I was a bit of an outsider to the British children's-book illustration scene, because I don't work in…

— Anthony Browne

After we leave the E.U., the British Standards Institute should also remain a member of the European Standards Organisation, which is not…

— David Lidington

I am confident that in the end freedom and democracy will prevail over terror and tyranny. We will win this war on…

— Doc Hastings

To destroy Christianity, we must first destroy the British Empire.

— Karl Marx

I've been really lucky because I've managed to become wonderful friends with a handful of very talented British designers. Christopher Kane has…

— Laura Carmichael

I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved…

— Brian Ferneyhough

Just as it wouldn't be right to only to have an economic dialogue with China, equally you shouldn't restrict your dialogue solely…

— George Osborne

That more than 90 per cent of the Indian population should continue to be illiterate even after 175 years of British rule…

— Syama Prasad Mukherjee

The British are the only people in history crass enough to have made revolutionaries out of Americans.

— Shashi Tharoor

The truth, Prime Minister, is that you have run out of our money. The country as a whole is now in negative…

— Daniel Hannan

[D]rawing up 'secret war plans' for a possible attack on Iraq wasn't irrational. The low-level war against Saddam was 12 years old,…

— John Leo

British comedy - which has been a big inspiration to me for many years - is very different to Australian comedy and…

— Jason Gann

The British political system is broken in many ways and needs big changes - the E.U. is not our only problem.

— Dominic Cummings

America has had an influence on me, as has going out with a Cuban-American guy and having lots of American friends. But…

— Lily Cole

The British had an even stronger [then America] business interest in Nazi Germany. And Benito Mussolini was greatly admired.

— Noam Chomsky

The heritage of a British actor revolves around the challenges of playing the classic roles to meet certain levels of success as…

— Brian Cox

Sir Oswald Mosley thought his job is not just keep Britain from going to war with his beloved Germany, he saw it…

— Rachel Maddow

All men - whether they go by the name of Americans or Russians or Chinese or British or Malayans or Indians or…

— Norman Cousins