British Quotes · Page 11

Well, Prunella's just about the most British name I've ever heard.

— Alison Brie

Los Angeles is the place where British people come to exceed their worth.

— Ryan Cartwright

Americans assume all British people have at least one servant.

— Martin Freeman

I'm not as big a soccer fan as people might imagine, being British.

— Jason Statham

I'm actually going in to ER as the new British intern.

— Parminder Nagra

I'd like to win the British belt outright.

— James DeGale

The British have always made terrible parents.

— Rachel Cusk

My favourite museum is the British Museum.

— Felipe Anderson

I love playing in China. The crowds here value success more than British people seem to.

— Stephen Hendry

“The very sight of a daffodil still makes me shiver, because spring in the north of England is always so bitter.”

— Bea Davenport

I am not anti-English, I am not anti-British, I am not anti-any Government, but I am anti-untruth, anti-humbug and anti-injustice.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I don't think there's a public in the world who respond like the British to a call for charity.

— Terry Wogan

Traditional British desserts with lots of custard are my biggest weakness - I particularly love the puds at St. John restaurant in…

— Eva Green

A British politician who cloaks himself in the mantle of God is immediately regarded with suspicion.

— Gavin Esler

The British judiciary is one of the most corrupt in the world because of politically active judges.

— Ken Livingstone

I'm proud of being British. I'm proud of being Asian. I'm proud of being a Muslim. I'm proud of being Pakistani.

— Naughty Boy

Even if Pfizer committed itself legally to maintaining some of its research and development in the U.K., its takeover of AstraZeneca would…

— David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville

The well-being of the British people and the health of our economy are far more important than any government's commitment to a…

— Geoffrey Howe

As a Business Ambassador, I am delighted to help both new and established British designers receive the recognition they deserve in the…

— Tamara Mellon

There are a lot of similarities between Jonathan Higgins and Juliet Higgins: they're both British, they both come from military backgrounds, and…

— Perdita Weeks

I am, however, deeply saddened by this [Brexit] vote by the British electorate. But I respect their decision. What is crucial now…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

The thing the British hate more than anything else is people who are getting above themselves. There are a hundred different expressions…

— Monty Don

And I grew up watching all the British ones so when you hear that from an early age, it makes it much…

— Rachel Griffiths

The British were white, English, and Protestant, just as we were. They had to have some other basis on which to justify…

— Samuel P. Huntington

I have seen that the American Dream is a reality - and I would love to feel the British Dream is also…

— Simon Cowell

Our articles of confederation ought to be revised and measures immediately taken to invigorate the Continental Union. Depend upon it: there lies…

— Marquis de Lafayette

The British are supposed to be particularly averse to intellectuals, a prejudice closely bound up with their dislike of foreigners. Indeed, one…

— Terry Eagleton

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms…

— Mahatma Gandhi

I enter a whorehouse with the same interest as I do the British museum or the Metropolitan - in the same spirit…

— Errol Flynn

I remember I was really into this British band, The Vapors, with that song "Turning Japanese." I thought that they were really…

— Craig Finn

The British Fashion Awards are also very important because it's my hometown. But it's really a recognition of my team, and those…

— Christopher Bailey

My own view is that the Churches should frankly recognise that the majority of the British people are not Christians and, therefore,…

— Anonymous

I'm a big fan of 'The Office', both the British and the American versions.

— Tina Fey

I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated.

— Paloma Faith

British taxpayers should not bear the costs of problems in the Eurozone.

— George Osborne

I have a theory that the people who cook in jails are British chefs.

— Steve Earle

I love London, I love the British people.

— Yohan Blake

Yes, I have an Australian wife; she is half Bengali, half British.

— Shikhar Dhawan

In my opinion, British women are more romantic than French ones.

— Jean-Michel Jarre

I love British humor. It's just so - surreal.

— Beck