One of the first things a British visitor to Southern California discovers is that he must have a car. Freeways. Bad public… — Christopher Lee Copy Share Image
I had a lot of anger against the way things 'should be done' - conforming to social norms, ticking boxes to gain… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
It was just us lampooning our own peer group, saying, well hey, where did this stuff come from? And where does British… — Neil Innes Copy Share Image
If there's a British film in the marketplace that is successful on a worldwide basis - whether it's 'A Room with a… — Eric Fellner Copy Share Image
The fierce pulsation of resurgent pride that disclaims servitude may one day cease to throb in the heart of Ireland - but… — Thomas MacDonagh Copy Share Image
Were British protesters, armed with little more than a frisbee and a bag of plastic toy soldiers, really in danger of being… — Mark Thomas Copy Share Image
The British merchants represented that they received some profit indeed from Virginia and South Carolina, as well as the West Indies; but… — Ezra Stiles Copy Share Image
In the '60s - and right up to the present day - the identity of a member of the British Secret Services… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
We Scots have a fierce pride in the things we do that others can never appreciate. I am the British No. 1,… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade… — Yahya Jammeh Copy Share Image
“My flat's about half a mile away, and you know what I'd like most of all in the world? I'd like a… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“some trillions of years ago a sloppy, dirty giant flicked grease from his fingers. One of those gobs of grease is our… — Brion Gysin Copy Share Image
When I was about 12, I realised I wasn't going to make it as a top footballer, but I won my first… — Joe Calzaghe Copy Share Image
In Britain, there was always a great connection between me and the gallery. It was a very good chemistry because I was… — Seve Ballesteros Copy Share Image
However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbours, we cannot in all circumstances undertake… — Neville Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Until 1869, when they were banned, debtors' prisons were the great incinerators of British reputations. Those who were unable to pay their… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
If there is to be any hope of prosperity for this country it is by reversing that policy which made us simply… — Eamon de Valera Copy Share Image
I considered the attacks on London useless, and I told the Fuhrer again and again that inasmuch as I knew the English… — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
There is one party, the Conservative Party who is committed to honouring the referendum result, getting Brexit done and then delivering on… — James Cleverly Copy Share Image
We can safely make one prophecy: whatever the outcome of this war, the British Empire is at an end. It has been… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Such a prostitution of judicial power can never occur again under the shadow of the British law, for no jury within the… — Joseph Howe Copy Share Image
I still read the British papers, but I've never been a Royalist, ever. It's funny, there always seems to be much more… — Paul Bettany Copy Share Image
Banks operate like a man who either wears his trousers round his chest, stifling breathing, as now, or round his ankles, exposing… — Vince Cable Copy Share Image
David Suchet's Poirot was very charming, and, when I'm away in the U.S., those series remind me of being in Britain and… — Andrea Riseborough Copy Share Image
Unlike the male codfish which, suddenly finding itself the parent of three million five hundred thousand little codfish, cheerfully resolves to love… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The British system had requirements, including Latin. I'm not positive you ever had to know Greek, but there are certainly kinds of… — William Scott Copy Share Image
The British fans are liable to suddenly be talking to you about something that you don't know how you got into the… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
What is certainly true is that the American people, just like the German people, just like the British and people around the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My mum was a children's librarian, so I spent a lot of time in the library. My reading life, because of my… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
The BBC's television, radio and online services remain an important part of British culture and the fact the BBC continues to thrive… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
The British have such an odd relationship with food - and the land. I want the public and the Soil Association to… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
I don't work for a sports network, per se. I'm on once a week for the NBA and then we only do… — Ernie Johnson Jr Copy Share Image
The British theatre and establishment is so hard to penetrate, and there are so many talented people involved in it. So, to… — Kelly Reilly Copy Share Image
The North American intellectual tradition began, I maintain, in the encounter of British Romanticism with assertive, pragmatic North American English - the… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Of all the meals that represented British culture, perhaps none captured the imagination more than the Christmas pudding. It was the Victorians… — Kwasi Kwarteng Copy Share Image
The tried and tested becomes very boring. There's no way that the British equivalent of a Bryan Cranston would get the lead… — Sophie Okonedo Copy Share Image
Coming from documentaries, my biggest challenge was to understand actors' psychologies. American actors take it all very seriously; British actors don't enter… — Kevin Macdonald Copy Share Image
The attempt to regulate relations between people too closely, by means of the law, in the name of an abstraction such as… — Anthony Daniels Copy Share Image
Of all the '60s - there was Elvis, there was the Beatles, there was the British invasion, Jimmy Hendrix, and Woodstock -… — Chubby Checker Copy Share Image
