British Quotes · Page 41

The British like to pigeonhole you, but I will keep popping out of different holes.

— David Essex

If there be a God, I think he would like me to paint Africa British-Red as possible.

— Cecil Rhodes

I don't think the British or American governments really want to fight the Islamic State. They just want to look as if…

— Peter Hitchens

In Canada, we didn't really pay attention to American hardcore outside of maybe Minor Threat. It was all about British punk.

— Gavin McInnes

Christianity in India is inextricably mixed up for the last hundred and fifty years with the British rule.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.

— Rachel Blanchard

When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements…

— A. J. P. Taylor

I can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.

— Kanye West

One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular…

— James Buchan

However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbours, we cannot in all circumstances undertake…

— Neville Chamberlain

Until 1869, when they were banned, debtors' prisons were the great incinerators of British reputations. Those who were unable to pay their…

— Tina Brown

If there is to be any hope of prosperity for this country it is by reversing that policy which made us simply…

— Eamon de Valera

I considered the attacks on London useless, and I told the Fuhrer again and again that inasmuch as I knew the English…

— Hermann Goring

There is one party, the Conservative Party who is committed to honouring the referendum result, getting Brexit done and then delivering on…

— James Cleverly

We can safely make one prophecy: whatever the outcome of this war, the British Empire is at an end. It has been…

— Adolf Hitler

Such a prostitution of judicial power can never occur again under the shadow of the British law, for no jury within the…

— Joseph Howe

The modern Middle East was largely created by the British. It was they who carried the Allied war effort in the region…

— Scott Anderson

Many things have changed in our culture here in England as a direct result of the Pistols: the whole street-fashion thing in…

— Julien Temple

In his fierce, bold determination to see the lives of modern-day slaves up close, Benjamin Skinner reminds me of the British abolitionist…

— Adam Hochschild

I understand how much everyone wanted to see a British winner at Wimbledon and I hope everyone enjoyed it. I worked so…

— Andy Murray

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

Among the virtues and vices that make up the British character, we have one vice, at least, that Americans ought to view…

— Anonymous

Whitney proved to be a competent manufacturer, but wasn't an original inventor to any important degree. Thomas Blanchard was a true genius:…

— Charles R. Morris

A man may be a great statesman, and yet dislike his wife, and like somebody else's. A man may be a great…

— Ouida

I'm highly political. I spend an awful lot of time in the U.S. trying to influence decision-makers. But I don't feel in…

— Jane Goodall

I know they call it the British Invasion, but musically, I call it the British Infusion.

— Dion DiMucci

It's great to win the British title. I wanted to control the fight behind my jab and then land the right hand.

— Daniel Dubois

As British and French imperialism ebbed following the end of the Second World War, America became the main outside player in Arab…

— Stephen Kinzer

Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London.

— Ken Livingstone

I love 'Skins'. I was a huge fan of the British series. I love how everyone is freaking out about it.

— Reece Thompson

The British etiquette for queueing behaviour has long been established: mutter, shake your head but stay quiet.

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

The British civil service ... is a beautifully designed and effective braking mechanism.

— Shirley Williams

My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention."

— Mahatma Gandhi

I have this thing for British women. I love Judi Dench. I love Helen Mirren. I love these women, and I definitely…

— Jennifer Nettles

The British 'A Night to Remember' is so beautifully done and so well-constructed.

— Robert Osborne

The British are special. The world knows it. In our innermost thoughts we know it. This is the greatest nation on earth.

— Tony Blair

The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.

— George W. Bush

What I thought about multi-ethnic Britain pre-Windrush and what I now know has, for me, changed for ever the meaning of the…

— Paterson Joseph

I don't know much about British TV. Actually me, I'm looking more at American ones.

— Sofia Helin

I so valued the love the British public showed me that it was respectful to retire in Great Britain.

— Seve Ballesteros