British Quotes · Page 27

The British political system is broken in many ways and needs big changes - the E.U. is not our only problem.

— Dominic Cummings

My mum is Croatian, and obviously she's female and she's very emotional, very hot-blooded, very touchy-feely, whereas I think my dad's quite…

— Tamara Ecclestone

The young British players need to take responsibility themselves for their form and ability.

— Tim Henman

All British castles and old country homes are supposed to be haunted. It's in the lease.

— Bob Hope

London has fine museums, the British Library is one of the greatest library institutions in the world... It's got everything you want,…

— David Attenborough

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

— Peter Capaldi

The British ministry can read that name without spectacles; let them double their reward.

— John Hancock

I find it funny how at British festivals there are such inflated egos. It's rare that I even talk to anyone at…

— Ben Howard

Style to me is incidental. The British are very adept at creating it for its own sake, but the best style is…

— Tom Verlaine

For fear of dropping the troops in the sea, the pilots tended to drop them too far inland - some of them…

— Kurt Student

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

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

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

I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best,…

— Simon Pegg

If you look back at British history, women being allowed to play sport in schools meant they had to change their clothing.…

— Clare Balding

I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature in the days when we only made…

— Christopher Eccleston

When the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British parliament was advised by an artful man [Sir William…

— George Mason

Our duty is very simple and plain. We want to serve the community, and in our own humble way to serve the…

— Mahatma Gandhi

You're from where?" "Lay'en. It's near Salt Lake City." "Spell that for me." "Um, that would be S-A-L-T-" "No, the other one.…

— Shannon Hale

'A Naval History of Britain' which begins in the 7th century has to explain what it means by Britain. My meaning is…

— Nicholas Rodger

In virtually every Continental state at this time, aristocracies had to live with the risk that their property might be pillaged or…

— Linda Colley

I had the impression from reading English literature that British women were great beauties, and I only had seen Julie Christie, and…

— Walter Kirn

One would have thought that if there was one cause in the world which the Conservative party would have hastened to defend,…

— Winston Churchill

Because we do not understand the brain very well we are constantly tempted to use the latest technology as a model for…

— John Searle

I thought, If people are going to write about what I'm wearing, then I would wear young British designers who need the…

— Emma Watson

I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing.

— Charles Stross

Amazing what the British do with language; the nuances of politeness. The world's great diplomats, surely.

— Anne Rice

Within two months I made the grand slam: covers of 'American Vogue', 'Italian Vogue', 'British Vogue', and 'French Vogue'.

— Linda Evangelista

I've been a fan of Lara Croft. She's gorgeous. She's sexy. She's iconic. She's British.

— Camilla Luddington

Why don't I like you?" "Because you think I'm an asshole, and I'm not really, I'm just British and, well, you're not.

— Alan Rickman

British innovation in design, in the creative arts, in engineering and manufacturing is world class.

— Margaret Heffernan

It's really hard because obviously people label you as a British East Asian actor. And I'm just from Salford; it's where I…

— Benedict Wong

Much of what we buy relies on products from the EU - purchases that British importers make in euros.

— Sam Gyimah

The British press hate a winner who's British. They don't like any British man to have balls as big as a cow's…

— Nigel Benn

British people don't express when they are in pain. They don't think it's elegant.

— Monica Bellucci

...it was never a good idea to date a foreigner. You can never tell when they're lying.' 'hello. Dave was BRITISH.

— Meg Cabot

I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.

— Paddy Ashdown

I was genuinely shocked to even be in the frame for a sitcom role on British TV.

— Ardal O'Hanlon

The British have chosen liberty with Brexit and can congratulate themselves every day.

— Marine Le Pen

I guess the British audience accepted us for being refreshing and interesting.

— Moa Kikuchi