British Quotes · Page 29

We can only use British actors because everybody's got to talk exactly the same.

— Michael Caine

I've never been embedded with American soldiers or British soldiers or Iraqi soldiers or any other.

— Robert Fisk

I'm so patriotic, I think every British kid should have a chance to grow up to be our head of state.

— Johann Hari

Being embraced by the British people is a beautiful compliment for me. It feels very special.

— John Grant

That's the only time when newspapers have some influence, when they are pushing the British public in a direction they are already…

— Andrew Neil

The skills of the British intelligence community are a great national asset.

— John Scarlett

Dad was in the British Army and my mom was in the Royal Air Force, so both of my parents believed in…

— Mike Myers

The Bradshaws suggests an extraordinary civilisation that existed long before modern man reached the British Isles.

— Richard Flanagan

I think there's going to be pressure on all the British athletes. It's a home Olympics at the end of the day.…

— Jessica Ennis

They [some countries] borrowed money to go acquire things, Indian power plants and Danish newspapers and British soccer teams. And they did…

— Michael Lewis

I don't think Jeremy Corbyn hates women - I don't think Jeremy hates anyone. Spend even one minute with him and you…

— Jess Phillips

By the start of August 1914, it was dawning on the British that a major war was about to break out on…

— Margaret MacMillan

We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our best universities are extremely good, but a…

— Nigel Short

British audiences are toughest on British films. So often, a British film is the last thing they want to see. If you…

— Simon Beaufoy

My favourite organic recipe is probably a huge batch of chilli con carne cooked with organic low fat British minced beef, tons…

— Sara Cox

There is so much talent in British fashion: a real cookie jar of different aesthetics with designers like Mary Katrantzou, Erdem, Christopher…

— Emilia Wickstead

The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. In this respect his authority would be…

— Alexander Hamilton

Most British playwrights of my generation, as well as younger folks, apparently feel somewhat obliged to Russian literature - and not only…

— Tom Stoppard

I think that what we have heard from the Remain campaign throughout this whole referendum have been dire warnings of the terrible…

— Michael Gove

Contrasting British servicemen and women with the appeasers, it is hard not to laugh. Are these two sides even the same species,…

— Julie Burchill

“When, in May, tensions reached a high point, London warned Berlin that if it attacked Czechoslovakia and the French were embroiled as…

— Madeleine Albright

Helen Rosevere was a British medical missionary in the Congo years ago during an uprising. Her faith was strong and her trust…

— Charles R. Swindoll

The late British-born philosopher Alan Watts, in one of his wonderful lectures on eastern philosophy, used this analogy: "If I draw a…

— Eric Weiner

“True the greater part of the Irish people was close to starvation. The numbers of weakened people dying from disease were rising.…

— Edward Rutherfurd

I never worked with a dialogue coach before, but I'd hate it if an American did a British accent and didn't do…

— Tracey Ullman

The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.

— Antony Beevor

I am addicted to 'Vogue' magazines, be they French, British - I adore, adore, adore.

— Cat Deeley

To inspire the British people we need to look different, sound different, and offer something new. I believe I can do that.

— James Cleverly

It's like I'm held up as some kind of beacon of England - or some bloody British bulldog.

— Helen Baxendale

“Q. Why don't the British panic? A. They do, but very quietly. It is impossible for the naked eye to tell their…

— George Mikes

In British sitcoms, you can get five minutes of nothing before the story starts.

— Lee Mack

I feel like Ive been engaged to the British Empire since 1980 and tonight you have given me the ring knighthood.

— Steven Spielberg

With their charm and legendary sense of humor, the British directly or indirectly paved the way for a large number of European…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

Obama's folksy come-on is as bad as Madonna's faux British - and both are in need of fresh inspiration.

— Camille Paglia

The US head of state grew up on food stamps. The British head of state grew up on the postage stamps.

— Johann Hari

Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family.

— Roland Joffe

Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times.

— Alex Kingston

The spread of personal ownership is in harmony with the deepest instincts of the British people. Few changes have done more to…

— Nigel Lawson

We made the U.K. our home, and I'm lucky enough that I get to call myself British and have such great support…

— Johanna Konta

Compliments are very un-British, but when someone pays you one, you should take it.

— Boy George