Its subject is the slow and erratic process by which the peoples of the British Isles learnt - and then for long… — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
We (The British) have not journeyed across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Growing up in Jamaica, the Pentecostal church wasn't that fiery thing you might think. It was very British, very proper. Hymns. No… — Grace Jones Copy Share Image
I contend that we are the first race in the world, and that the more of the world we inhabit the better… — Cecil Rhodes Copy Share Image
There is really quite an inherent danger in the traditional British view that the council of ministers and inter-governmentalism is your protection… — Gisela Stuart Copy Share Image
After 'The Gamekeeper' I made one other film called 'Looks and Smiles,' but making British films was very difficult. There wasn't a… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
I think the main big thing for me has been the acceptance from the U.S. That's still crazy to me. To come… — Cher Lloyd Copy Share Image
I came to Los Angeles and did auditions for television. I made a terrible mess of most of them and I was… — Michael Fassbender Copy Share Image
I am sure that the two main forms of English, American English and British English, separated geographically from the beginning and severed… — Robert Burchfield Copy Share Image
I do not personally regard the whole of the remaining cities of Germany as worth the bones of one British Grenadier. It… — Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
I do believe that General Washington had not a firm confidence in the durability of our government. He was naturally distrustful of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Canada is the linchpin of the English-speaking world. Canada, with those relations of friendly, affectionate intimacy with the United States on the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“The mice were furious." [...] "Oh yes," said the old man mildly. "Yes well so I expect were the dogs and cats… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The US in some ways has been the best. Who figured out shale gas? Although that wasn't a good thing [for CO2… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Classic nineteenth century European imperialists believed they were literally on a mission. I don't believe that the imperialists these days have that… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
It is not surprising that only one medieval state, Venice, long possessed anything clearly identifiavble as a navy in this sense. We… — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
British people still wear clothes. By clothes I mean actual clothes: jackets and shirts and ties and suits. The spirit of Beau… — Tom Ford Copy Share Image
We are a British nation with British characteristics. Every country can take some small minorities and in many ways they add to… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I know I'm British. I haven't spent much time in the U.K., but my parents are British, my family heritage is British,… — Chris Froome Copy Share Image
For the first time a British force had met, held and decisively defeated a major Japanese attack, and followed this up by… — William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim Copy Share Image
I went to a British Council event a while back and there were lots of German professors of literature. About half of… — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
Even at its most powerful, Britain always needed alliances with other European states. There would almost certainly have been no British victory… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
I want to experience that massive adrenalin rush when you step into a new stadium, all the more so when that Olympic… — Jessica Ennis Copy Share Image
For daughters of the new American billionaires of the 19th century, it was the ultimate deal: marriage to a cash-strapped British Aristocrat… — Daisy Goodwin Copy Share Image
Those of us forced to read the London papers sometimes speculate about which is greater: the average British hack's sloth, mendacity, ignorance,… — Larry King Copy Share Image
On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
Purcell is a composer who had a formative influence on British music - even The Who now cite him as an influence.… — Charles Hazlewood Copy Share Image
The minds of youth are perpetually led to the history of Greece and Rime or to Great Britain; Boys are constantly repeating… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, Lord of All the Beasts of… — Idi Amin Copy Share Image
There's much about the British Raj which I think is disreputable. It was rapacious; it was a sort of kleptocracy, and it… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
I grew up under the British system, which I think is horrific for children - very, very strict - a system that… — Lorraine Toussaint Copy Share Image
It is equally important that we now secure the right deal for Britain - and the next leader must have the skill… — Nicky Morgan Copy Share Image
When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is legitimate and right to go along with… — Kate Adie Copy Share Image
I think my favorite is Honor Blackman because she is classy and she is British. With Bond, I love how British it… — Gemma Arterton Copy Share Image
That could sound arrogant, I guess, but sometimes I feel like I have a bit of a Zelig thing. I'll blend in… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
In the early 20th century the monarchy was held up as the archetypical virtuous British family. In the late 20th century it… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
Together, America and the United Kingdom are a beacon for prosperity and the rule of law. That is why the United States… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Thanks to the unprecedented reach of British navigation, London in the early 18th century was not just the emporium of the world,… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
My youngest brother and I went on a ten-day canoe trip in Bowron Provincial Park in British Columbia years ago. Believe it… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
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