There's something inherently British about siding with the underdog. While comedy needs victims, it doesn't need to treat them in a brutal… — Hugh Dennis Copy Share Image
A lot of British actors will look at America as a land of opportunity. In England, there's such a small pool of… — Aml Ameen Copy Share Image
People say there's no trace of an accent anymore, and there isn't because I worked very hard to lose it. And the… — John Mahoney Copy Share Image
There are cases - for example, the American Revolution. George Washington's army lost just about every battle with the British, who had… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
As a long-time British Airways advisor, I have seen first-hand that as a company they are committed to innovation, entrepreneurship and the… — Rhonda Abrams Copy Share Image
I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer… — John Corigliano Copy Share Image
If you sit down with British officers or British senior NCOs, they understand the sweep of history. They know the history of… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
The truth, Prime Minister, is that you have run out of our money. The country as a whole is now in negative… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
Like or dislike her, the British Queen is harmless. Her role is purely ceremonial. Conversely, life and death are in the hands… — Ilana Mercer Copy Share Image
It would not be fair to the critics of Rotary, who include some of the most brilliant of the British and American… — Paul Harris Copy Share Image
While we remember that we are contending against brothers and fellow subjects, we must also remember that we are contending in this… — John Burgoyne Copy Share Image
The thinking was that so long as the British kept our basic documents in their hands and so long as they kept… — Stockwell Day Copy Share Image
My mother's family came from the British West Indies. And my father's family came from, well, my father's father came from the… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
I am the typical British aspiring working class. To be called 'elite' by people who have inherited wealth and run hedge funds… — Gavin Esler Copy Share Image
Look at how the British covered India with railroads, and it is easy to view them as modernisers. Look, however, at the… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
I did TV for a bit, and somewhere along the line, I started writing a column for 'The Independent' newspaper in England,… — Alexa Chung Copy Share Image
All men - whether they go by the name of Americans or Russians or Chinese or British or Malayans or Indians or… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
I guess something that I've noticed from American acts who had success in touring is more of an explanation as to their… — Ben Lovett Copy Share Image
When Pakistan beat England at cricket, my Pakistani cousins remind me how English and British I am. When they say, 'You're one… — Sadiq Khan Copy Share Image
My British mum met my American dad when she was on holiday in the United States when she was 19. She kinda… — Philip Winchester 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
I've always been drawn to the Edwardian period in England. To me, it seems like such a fascinating time, when the British… — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
I once heard someone say morality was method. Do you hold with that? I suppose you wouldn't. You would say that morality… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
I mean, the Globe is the most famous theater in the western world. The British have absolutely neglected it. It's an embarrassment… — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
The thing that runs through the British film industry even today is a lot of unsung movies are financially the bigger ones.… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This,… — Ivor Novello Copy Share Image
Unless nonviolence of the strong is really developed among us, there should be no thought of civil disobedience for Swaraj, whether within… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I think British humour is very cruel, and gay humour is very cruel. I think the two go hand-in-hand and that's why… — Jason Sellards Copy Share Image
Paraguay has had a U.S. supermarket boss as its ambassador for a while. He did the job well. He was there because… — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
Jimmy Greaves and Kenny Dalglish had similar know-how, but Dalglish's knowledge and reading of the game was far superior. He was the… — Jimmy Armfield Copy Share Image
The 'Robben Island Bible' has arrived at the British Museum. It's a garish thing, its cover plastered with pink and gold Hindu… — Daniel Hannan Copy Share Image
Style to me is incidental. The British are very adept at creating it for its own sake, but the best style is… — Tom Verlaine Copy Share Image
It was by a Maryland colonel in the year 1777 that the British received, in the gallant defense of an important fort,… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
I'm quite proud of what I anticipated about reality television from my books in the early '90s, which I based on the… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
For fear of dropping the troops in the sea, the pilots tended to drop them too far inland - some of them… — Kurt Student Copy Share Image
It was while I was in the mental hospital that I got my letter from the British Olympic Association saying, 'Congratulations. You've… — Eddie the Eagle Copy Share Image
The Cinquecento was an engine of motivation at Fiat. It refurbished the image of the entire company. It's a symbol for the… — Lapo Elkann Copy Share Image
I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature in the days when we only made… — Christopher Eccleston Copy Share Image
If you look back at British history, women being allowed to play sport in schools meant they had to change their clothing.… — Clare Balding Copy Share Image
I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best,… — Simon Pegg Copy Share Image
