British Quotes · Page 71

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

There is not a power in Europe, no not even Bonaparte's that is so unlimited [as the British monarchy].

— Charles James Fox

I made an asylum application to Ecuador in this embassy, because of the U.S. extradition case, and the result was that after…

— Julian Assange

The huge, turgid work of history, sinking under the weight of its own 'politically correct' thesis and its foot- and source notes,…

— Michael Korda

British people would die for their right to drink themselves to death

— John Oliver

The British political system and the whole clapped out Westminster architecture, and the language that we use about politics, it's completely unsustainable.…

— Nick Clegg

I was fighting on PPV for British titles, making good money from pretty much day one, so how can people who I've…

— James DeGale

President Obama hosted a state dinner for British Prime Minister David Cameron. The president and the British are getting along a lot…

— Argus Hamilton

I have just accepted the invitation of Her Majesty The Queen to form a Government. This will be a new Government with…

— Gordon Brown

There are women (some men, too, but mostly women) who are going to the occupied Palestinian territories to stand with the victims…

— Noam Chomsky

When it comes to meals, there's always a fantastic choice on British Airways.

— Orlando Bloom

The Occupy movement flared and then seemed to fizzle out - until it re-emerged in the form of Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential…

— Anne Applebaum

Sinn Fein say, "The British government are buggers".

— Eddie Mair

In no country has the historical blackout been more intense and effective than in Great Britain. Here it has been ingeniously christened…

— Harry Elmer Barnes

I love British bands.

— Taylor Momsen

Feminism, in all fields, has yet to produce a single scholar of the intellectual rank of scores of these learned men [e.g.,…

— Camille Paglia

The will of the British people must now be put into effect as quickly as possible. Under Article 50 of the EU…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

I discovered that bone china was a British invention, which had been developed by a pottery sited next to a slaughterhouse -…

— Christien Meindertsma

On April 27th 2017 the UK approved Magnitsky Sanctions as part of the Criminal Finances Bill. The provision gives the British government…

— Bill Browder

There is this big yawning gap in the middle of British politics, the Conservative and Labour parties have gone to the edges.…

— Jo Swinson

I watch 'The Great British Bake Off' in the way I used to watch people kiss on TV in front of my…

— Katie Hopkins

I think I was eight the first time I saw the Benin bronzes. I was taken to see them at the British…

— David Olusoga

The uncritically admiring supporters and friends of the prime minister [Benjamin Netanyahu], in whose ranks I certainly don't include David [Brooks], but…

— Mark Shields

The great British blues guitarists of the Sixties - people like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green - could…

— Joe Perry

The British Fashion Awards gives us the chance to commend not only the winners but celebrate all of the individuals that contribute…

— Natalie Massenet

Conservative and Labour governments have arguably championed British rights in Brussels so ostentatiously in order to deflect public attention away from their…

— Linda Colley

The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that…

— Damon Hill

I like the constant rise and fall of the British film industry. But above all, I like the workhorses who kept going…

— Peter Capaldi

There's something whimsical, satirical, and silly about British humor, which Americans have always enjoyed, and lots of us come over here because…

— Milo Yiannopoulos

I cook every day and find it really relaxing. I've got a huge amount of cookery books. It's usually traditional British and…

— Vic Reeves

The Australian divisions and the New Zealanders had become what they were to remain for the rest of the war the spearhead…

— John Terraine

I was born in the '60s and grew up in the '70s - not exactly the best decade for food in British…

— Heston Blumenthal

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

Although socialism is widely held by the establishment to be outdated, the things that are most popular in British society today are…

— Tony Benn

If the British are a nation of shopkeepers, Americans are a nation of shoppers.

— Ada Louise Huxtable

We are told that Sin consists in acting contrary to God's commands, but we are also told that God is omnipotent. .…

— Bertrand Russell

I was in love with the British 'The Office', so even though I love Steve Carell, when they were going to remake…

— Sam Huntington

Gandhi has asked that the British Government should walk out of India and leave the Indian people to settle differences among themselves,…

— Stafford Cripps

The British public has always had an unerring taste for ungifted amateurs.

— John Osborne

It is important that those that do come to settle in the U.K. gain a sense of British identity and share British…

— Rishi Sunak