“Q. Why don’t they work harder? A. They just don’t like hard work. The Germans have a reputation for hard work, so… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
I am a passionate believer in freedom of speech. I would not support anything which would impinge on aggressive robust freedom of… — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
British conversation is like a game of cricket or a boxing match; personal allusions are forbidden like hitting below the belt, and… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
I wouldn't have thought for one minute I'd be doing British wildlife presenting when I started out in my career after stage… — Michaela Strachan Copy Share Image
We have the British motor industry as a role model for what happens when you try to save an industrial dinosaur. Britain… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Can I get a mochaccino?': a statement that, for many, is worse than any number of nails down a blackboard. Not on… — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
To be able to hold all four majors - the Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, PGA - all concurrently I think is… — Tiger Woods Copy Share Image
The promise to use the money we currently send to Brussels and invest it instead on the priorities of the British people… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
What is it that unites, on the left of British politics, George Orwell, Billy Bragg, Gordon Brown and myself? An understanding that… — David Blunkett Copy Share Image
There's definitely a pattern of great British shows that get reinvented in America and do really well here, but I think 'Torchwood'… — Bill Pullman Copy Share Image
'Blind Date' was based on an Australian show called 'Perfect Match', which I first saw when I was on tour there. And… — Cilla Black Copy Share Image
Once you kind of get past doing the Yorkshire Championships, and the Northern Championships, and you go to the British Champs it's… — Kadeena Cox Copy Share Image
I spent quite a lot of time pissing off my friends because I could get girls with a British accent, despite the… — Marcus Mumford Copy Share Image
The attack on the British embassy in Tehran came just days after the Iranian 'parliament' voted to expel the British ambassador, and… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
Sheep are not considered the most intelligent animals but British scientist say humans may have underestimated the woolly creatures. In fact, the… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
My British publisher has this independent press. It's pretty small; they actually won last year. And she's got this great energy, and… — Paul Beatty Copy Share Image
Red Bull are backing a spinal-injury research charity called Wings For Life, which I am an ambassador for, with a programme called… — Mark Webber Copy Share Image
By adopting the 'free trade,' or British, system, we place ourselves side by side with the men who have ruined Ireland and… — Henry Charles Carey Copy Share Image
The best, most solid place to stand as you look at our present situation is on a foundation of history. The Roman… — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
Through its imperialist system Britain brought about untold suffering of millions of people. And this is an historical fact. To be able… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“1. You left a multipack of Mars Bars on top of your wardrobe. Can I have one? Dad x 2. I had… — Holly Smale Copy Share Image
By the time I came to the States, I really understood how a magazine works. I came to 'Vogue' as creative director,… — Anna Wintour Copy Share Image
Nonbelievers may welcome the collapse in British religiosity, but the decline in church attendance has meant that the chance to chat each… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
Everyone from Silesians to Sicilians to Scots seems to want autonomy or independence. The British voted to leave the European Union, and… — Max Boot Copy Share Image
There's a particularly British wariness of appearing to try too hard. It's somehow distasteful. Everything should come to us seamlessly and, if… — Kate Reardon Copy Share Image
I think this is what we must not lose sight of, present a confident, positive and optimistic platform for our country's future… — Nicky Morgan Copy Share Image
There are 3 basic differences between we British and you Americans. One, we speak English, and you don't. Two, when we have… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
No, I'm not rich. I had a tax problem in this country, curiously enough, and my accountant said the British government was… — Donald Sutherland Copy Share Image
London exists normally in a state of bleach bypass. There's the artistic context of "Blow Up" and "Performance" and all the Sixties… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
I have flown with British Airways since I was a very little child, so it feels quite special to have gone from… — Orlando Bloom Copy Share Image
My comedic instinct, is a little bit more rooted in - my mother's British so I've always been more of the dry… — Jason Bateman Copy Share Image
The British monarchy has the political and constitutional task of subtracting from the government and governors of Britain the papal and kingly… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
I've been a Danish prince, a Texas slave-dealer, an Arab sheik, a Cheyenne Dog Soldier, and a Yankee navy lieutenant in my… — George MacDonald Fraser Copy Share Image
Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there… — Mike Leigh Copy Share Image
Everything I do is autobiographical in some way. 'Wayne's World' was me growing up in the suburbs of Toronto and listening to… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
I shall endeavor to marshal British opinion against a course of action which would bring in my opinion the greatest evils upon… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
When I made my first film, 'Shopping,' the reviews were incredibly snooty. They said things like, 'Jude Law is too pretty for… — Paul W. S. Anderson Copy Share Image
The education I received was a British education, in which British ideas, British culture, British institutions, were automatically assumed to be superior.… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
Out on the West Coast, I learned to snowboard in Whistler, and I've been to festivals in British Columbia, and played in… — Bonobo Copy Share Image
