British Quotes · Page 49

We must endeavor to forget our former love for them [the British] and to hold them, as we hold the rest of…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Am I bothered? Am I bothered though. I ain't doing nothing cause I ain't bothered.”

— Catherine Tate

British physician, West African Countries and Peoples Man's place is higher than the sky. Respect for man is the underlying spirit of…

— Muhammad Iqbal

My father's a clergyman, and he was in the mission field for a certain amount of time in British Honduras, which is…

— John Hurt

The majority of our clients are British. They want to wear things time and time again.

— Emilia Wickstead

With respect to the situation in Al-Faw, the British told big lies. In Al-Faw, our forces' positions remained in place.

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

Perhaps British TV companies don't want women my age on screen. I don't know.

— Trinny Woodall

Well, I'm British. I'm proud to be British and I love this country. I'm going nowhere.

— Jay Kay

The British were keen for 30 caliber guns, did not believe in daylight bombing. American experts said 30 caliber was not enough;…

— Stuart Symington

Now, I know that there are some Aboriginal people who aren’t happy with Australia Day. For them it remains Invasion Day. I…

— Tony Abbott

British period drama is always seen as kind of perfect and beautiful and lovely, but I don't think subcultures have been shone…

— Annabelle Wallis

We have far too many Tudors. Henry VIII is far too over-rated. He's become the ultimate brand name, like the Marks &…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

“[ Taken from a BBC documentary ] Tariq was born in Lahore, now in Pakistan, then part of British-ruled India, in 1943.…

— Tariq Ali

Ending the slave trade was contrary to British economic interests. For all its limitations and hypocrisies - British slavery itself, of course,…

— Henry Louis Gates

My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honor.…

— Neville Chamberlain

British multiculturalism is the jewel in our crown. We should be celebrating it in every environment. People of colour should not just…

— Andi Oliver

“The most dangerous people in the world are not the tiny minority instigating evil acts, but those who do the acts for…

— Suzy Kassem

First off I want to thank God, because he's the one I look up to, he's graced my life with opportunities that…

— Matthew McConaughey

This impressed me when I was the editor of the Sunday Times [of London] - we had the "Bloody Sunday" killings of…

— Harold Evans

I refer to the misunderstanding of Soviet Russia as an aggressive power, militaristically and ideologically bent upon world domination 'seeing', to quote…

— Enoch Powell

The British government had not engaged in any serious actual oppression of the colonies before 1774, but it had claimed powers not…

— Edmund Morgan

Maybe Italians are a bit less restrained: they can be less rigid and sometimes they stray a little in their ways of…

— Stefano Gabbana

The people of the Falkland Islands, like the people of the United Kingdom, are an island race. They are few in number…

— Margaret Thatcher

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

Auntie Mame, who was the british lady?" 'Oh, she's from Pittsburgh' 'But she had the acc-' 'Well, when your from Pittsburgh you…

— Audrey Hepburn

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 find British men very gentlemanly... like opening doors. There is a certain chivalry about British men which I like, and I'm…

— Rachel McAdams

It was Nick Willing's intention to make 'Hatter' as sarcastically British funny as he could.

— Andrew-Lee Potts

If there is any emergence of a fourth party in British politics, it is the task of the Liberal Party to strangle…

— Cyril Smith

My father is Jewish, and I look exactly like him My mother is British, but she's of French extraction.

— Joan Collins

The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'.

— Winston Churchill

We are all proud to be British. But we also feel more local and regional allegiances.

— Chuka Umunna

I speak for large swathes of the Great British Antisocial Public who just want to be left alone.

— Grace Dent

Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records

— Duncan Sheik

When Slick Rick first hit the scene, I had to practice that British accent. There's no other storyteller like this man.

— Ghostface Killah

When I first did a U.S. pilot season, there were very few British actors schlepping around town trying to get into television.…

— Jamie Bamber

I wish Wales was more represented on the British stage, and I have missed that being in London.

— Morfydd Clark

I know the majority of the British public wants to help when they see suffering.

— Penny Mordaunt

There's a perception that British pies suffer from mediocrity, and historically they have. We're trying to re-educate people about what pie is.

— James Robertson

When I'm just walking around, I swap between the British and the American, and when I'm with my family I'm with my…

— Toks Olagundoye