The drive to scale in almost every endeavor. The British went very large scale in ship building and a few other industries.… — Charles R. Morris Copy Share Image
[Harold Pinter] is a British playwright and is one of my favorite writers. Harold was very obsessed with when memory becomes mythology,… — Baron Vaughn Copy Share Image
On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow… — Vince Cable Copy Share Image
Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore rescinded the state's European Heritage Month proclamation for fear it would sound racist. It's too bad. Thus ends… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
In 1619, when there are reports about the first blacks brought to British North America, they are referred to as N-I-G-G-U-H-S. Well,… — Randall Kennedy Copy Share Image
My first job was a film called 'Storm Damage' for the BBC. I was 16 and working with really respected British actors.… — Ashley Madekwe Copy Share Image
When you sit in America you miss the open plains and you miss the sound of rain and the smell of rain… — Zola Budd Copy Share Image
I always understood my ancestry, like that of so many others in the Gulf Coast, to be a tangle of African slaves,… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“It is sometimes said that butlers only truly exist in England. Other countries, whatever title is actually used, have only manservants. I… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
During the Second Boer War, from 1899 to 1902, Britain was rampantly jingoistic: anyone who opposed the war was cast as a… — Katharine Viner Copy Share Image
We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
If I let my fingers wander idly over the keys of a typewriter it might happen that my screed made an intelligible… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
I would like to see the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Sind and Baluchistan amalgamated into a single State. Self-government within the British… — Muhammad Iqbal Copy Share Image
There is a structural difference between the way that Europe views Israel, and America views Israel. The European view is informed by… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
The British were keen for 30 caliber guns, did not believe in daylight bombing. American experts said 30 caliber was not enough;… — Stuart Symington Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honor.… — Neville Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Ending the slave trade was contrary to British economic interests. For all its limitations and hypocrisies - British slavery itself, of course,… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
“[ Taken from a BBC documentary ] Tariq was born in Lahore, now in Pakistan, then part of British-ruled India, in 1943.… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
British multiculturalism is the jewel in our crown. We should be celebrating it in every environment. People of colour should not just… — Andi Oliver Copy Share Image
Until today I had made no public comment about Jeremy's [Corbyn] ability to lead our party, but the fact that he failed… — Ruth Smeeth Copy Share Image
I started getting into decent food after I got a house in Tuscany, near the British cycling academy's training base. For a… — Mark Cavendish Copy Share Image
The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
When I think about how badly I wanted to be a player, and how obsessed I was with the game, I think… — Tim Henman Copy Share Image
I'm very British at heart. When I come to England, I say I'm coming home, and then it's funny: when I leave… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
“Then, slowly, like the sunrise peeking over the horizon, she smiled. She snapped the box closed. She didn’t scream. She didn’t run.… — Cora Carmack Copy Share Image
There is so much cross-pollination between the U.S. and Britain in terms of comedians. British TV comedies work well in the U.S.… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
I joined the British Army because she stood between Ireland and an enemy common to our civilization, and I would not have… — Francis Ledwidge Copy Share Image
The creative industries, a source of optimism in recent years owing to, among other things, a resurgence on the world stage of… — Layla Moran Copy Share Image
I've been going to Bicester Village since I was young. My mum and dad really loved that place, and I always used… — Rita Ora Copy Share Image
The British system denied any role for human creativity, and instead argued, that if man merely followed his hedonistic desires, pursuing pleasure… — Robert Trout Copy Share Image
We have to ensure that our immigration system works in the interests of Britain, enabling us to make a realistic promise to… — Iain Duncan Smith Copy Share Image
High-level political wives are by no means new. In the 18th and 19th centuries, when patricians dominated British political life, it was… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
“I, the British Empire began as a primarily economic phenomenon, its growth powered by commerce and consumerism. The demand for sugar drew… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
Further, not only the United States, but the French, British, Germans and the United Nations all thought Hussein possessed weapons of mass… — Jim Gerlach Copy Share Image
I used to wear a kilt to all black-tie events but now I only wear it at non-U.K. events. As a British… — David Coulthard Copy Share Image
I think the United States and its British attack dog are not taken seriously anywhere in the world and can play no… — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
As for the United States' future in Afghanistan, it will be fire and hell and total defeat, God willing, as it was… — Mohammed Omar Copy Share Image
![“[Harold Pinter] is a British playwright and is one of my favorite writers. Harold was very obsessed with when memory becomes mythology, that at some point you change your memory to fit who you believe you are.” quote by Baron Vaughn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ea7/baron-vaughn-6620_believe_harold-pinter-is-a-british-playwright-an_375878.jpg)
![“[ Taken from a BBC documentary ] Tariq was born in Lahore, now in Pakistan, then part of British-ruled India, in 1943. A Catholic school education did nothing to shake his life-long atheism, which he shared with his communist parents.” quote by Tariq Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/153/tariq-ali-2958_atheism_taken-from-a-bbc-documentary-tariq-was-b_1754697.jpg)
![“Until today I had made no public comment about Jeremy's [Corbyn] ability to lead our party, but the fact that he failed to intervene is final proof for me that he is unfit to lead, and that a Labour Party under his stewardship cannot be a safe space for British Jews.” quote by Ruth Smeeth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a92/ruth-smeeth-66096_ability_until-today-i-had-made-no-public-comment_585250.jpg)
