British Quotes · Page 33

British people are surprised that I'm British! It's extraordinary, I get tweets every day from British people saying, 'I had no idea…

— David Harewood

A thousand years of uninterrupted British sovereignty has taught us one thing. If change isn't allowed to be a process, it becomes…

— Penny Mordaunt

The last person to get across that town in under three hours was yelling "The British are coming! The British are coming!"

— Lewis Black

I grew up on British fiction, and I write perhaps more directly out of that tradition.

— Claire Messud

I wil not compare the education of an ancient Spartan with that of a British nobleman.

— Thomas Day

Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British comedian in the world.

— David Walliams

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

— Cat Deeley

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 moved to L.A. and did a two-part episode of this British export show called 'Cracker.' I kissed Josh Hartnett. I think…

— Sarah Paulson

We are together with the British and Americans because one should fight terror. But we are not going to pay the price…

— Ariel Sharon

When you have energy companies like Shell and British Petroleum, both of which are perhaps represented in this room, saying there is…

— James Baker

Right from the outset, the prevailing mindset in British comics fandom was a radical and progressive one. We were all proto-hippies, and…

— Alan Moore

The death panel issue arose with Tom Daschle, who was originally going to be the Health Czar. Daschle became enamored with the…

— Nat Hentoff

I loved working on 'Happy Gilmore' because I love to travel to new places and we got to go to British Columbia.…

— Kevin Nealon

The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot be, a 25-year-old homosexual trying to make it in the British…

— Rupert Everett

It doesn't matter how many people say 'don't be hard on yourself,' I feel like I have to redeem myself to my…

— Ricky Hatton

The British are proud of their ability to create a muddle and then muddle through all difficulties. I must shake the British…

— George Mikes

Austin - it's a stimulating center. In this conversation, the very first two questions were talking about my kind of wanderlust and…

— Robert Plant

Room 40 knew a U-boat was heading south to Liverpool - knew the boat's history; knew that it was now somewhere in…

— Erik Larson

The British bombed German cities [during World War II] to keep the workers awake at night. So instead of dropping one bomb,…

— George Friedman

When I learned that aliens really do exist, I wasn't too surprised. But what did shock me when I started investigating extra-terrestrial…

— Edgar Mitchell

Sometimes markets err big time. Markets erred when they gave America Online the currency to buy Time Warner. They erred when they…

— Michael Burry

“Yes, the Americans and the British were alike in some things. They were surface people, skimming over past history, picking out the…

— Helen MacInnes

I wish more fantasy, especially the dominant fantasy that draws heavily on British and Christian lore, would wrestle with its own ethnospecific…

— Nalo Hopkinson

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

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

— Lee Mack

“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

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

— Steven Spielberg

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

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

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

— Roland Joffe

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

— Robert Fisk

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

— John Grant

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

— Johann Hari

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

— John Scarlett

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

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