Everybody was in tears. You turned on the radio or the television, and it was nothing but Gainsbourg. With typical British music… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share Image
Both Iraq and Syria are a fissile mixture of ethnicities and religions thrown together after Versailles by departing French and British imperialists… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
British scientists say they have developed a super broccoli that can help fight heart disease. You know, if you want to fight… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
The British were indeed very far superior to the Americans in every respect necessary to military operations, except the revivified courage and… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
I'm very fond of the British cinema. I'm a big fan of Martin Campbell and Daniel Craig. I actually find Daniel very… — Steven Bauer Copy Share Image
I would like to express to all Londoners, to all of the British people, the solidarity, the compassion and the friendship of… — Jacques Chirac Copy Share Image
The British and American literary worlds operate in an odd kind of symbiosis: our critics think our contemporary novelists are not the… — Will Self Copy Share Image
I was the British spy who had come out of the woodwork and told it how it really was, and anything I… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
My father, a Russian translator, wanted to distinguish me by calling me Misha, the Russian diminutive of his name, Michael. My name… — Misha Glenny Copy Share Image
I really like older British guys - I don't think any of them would ever have a problem with crying in front… — Jessica Alba Copy Share Image
I'm English and I am British. I don't know if I feel part of a music scene. Musically, I have as many… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
Looking out over the port of Dover, with the endless steam of boats coming in and out, every British citizen is reminded… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Astonishing times. Who would have imagined that the Crazy Gang would yield a Hollywood film star (Vinny Jones), a British television ever-present… — Giles Smith Copy Share Image
I think Hellblazer is quite unique. In a comic world dominated by American characters (nothing wrong with that per se) Constantine was… — Peter Milligan Copy Share Image
I do a real analysis of who actually owns things - it’s the British…the Dutch…then it’s the Arabs…then it’s the French…then it’s… — Alex Jones Copy Share Image
The British could leave and half India wouldn't notice us leaving just as they didn't notice us arriving. All our reforms of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Class has always been a staple of British comedy. We've always been able to laugh at it. When British shows are translated… — Dick Clement Copy Share Image
More than 55,000 men from Bomber Command lost their lives, of whom 38,000 were British. That's one in 10 of all the… — Carol Vorderman Copy Share Image
I have no idea what a British sensibility or a British sense of humor is. I have no concept of what that… — Frank Oz Copy Share Image
The reality of life in Northern Ireland is that if you were Protestant, you learned British history, and if you were Catholic,… — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
“Across the Atlantic, in another theatre of the identity wars, the British prime minister was narrowing the definition of Britishness to exclude… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
What if?' history is a tricky game, but there is no doubt that the senior planners of D-Day - including Eisenhower and… — Ben Macintyre Copy Share Image
I was shocked by the amount of Welsh people in L.A. We'd go to this British pub to watch the 'Six Nations'… — Matthew Rhys Copy Share Image
I consider myself British and have very happy memories of the UK. I spent the first 14 years of my life in… — Naomi Watts Copy Share Image
Since the introduction of inanimate mechanism into British manufactories, man, with few exceptions, has been treated as a secondary and inferior machine;… — Robert Owen Copy Share Image
It is the unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism, but one should not suggest that the whole of British industry consists of… — William Randolph Hearst Copy Share Image
When the Canadian confederation took place in 1867, a lot of people in Quebec said, 'Could we have a referendum?' They said,… — Jacques Parizeau Copy Share Image
My kind of cooking is not a single style - French, Asian, Australasian or British - it's not modern, old-fashioned or classic;… — John Torode Copy Share Image
Since I first fell in love with choral music when I was 18 and began composing at 21, I've been listening to… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
I wrote 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' at the age of 30 under intense, unshared personal stress and in… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Even as evidence mounts that immigration is bolstering the British economy, the political consensus seems to be that bashing immigration boosts electoral… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Most Americans don't even know that Minnie Driver is English or that Catherine Zeta Jones is Welsh, but people are reminded every… — Alex Kingston Copy Share Image
The Saudi government uses a lot of British equipment to suppress their own people. But we're happy for our politicians to go… — Paul Conroy Copy Share Image
We say to the British government: you have kept those sculptures for almost two centuries. You have cared for them as well… — Melina Mercouri Copy Share Image
Ah, there's nothing like tea in the afternoon. When the British Empire collapses, historians will find that it had made but two… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Being able to represent Burberry as a brand ambassador is a real honor for me. I have admired the brand since I… — Jack Draper Copy Share Image
We need a new British business bank with a clean balance sheet and an ability to expand lending rapidly to the manufacturers,… — Vince Cable Copy Share Image
When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I really wouldn't want to live in America. I found New York claustrophobic and dirty. I missed England when I was there,… — Jonny Lee Miller Copy Share Image
I can't always be making 'British films.' Why should we be making films about corsets and horses and girls learning to drive… — Noel Clarke Copy Share Image
