British Quotes · Page 5

The Empire is a Commonwealth of nations.

— Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

The British cinema had been very dull and conformist.

— Karel Reisz

The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun.

— Dennis Farina

rain is one thing the British do better than anybody else.

— Marilyn French

I love British female directors lately.

— John Cameron Mitchell

It's quite true of everything: the British accent does open doors.

— Ryan Cartwright

Probably the best looking British Tennis player in the world.

— Andy Murray

The British are coming. One if by land, two if by sea.

— Paul Revere

The British were sporting. They would accept a fight under almost all conditions.

— Gunther Rall

I always joke that I'm a British actress trying to break into Scandinavian TV.

— MyAnna Buring

We've never adopted Americanisms. We are a very British band from a very British cultural scene. We fly that flag and that…

— Keith Flint

I don’t fit into the bad side of American psychology. The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans,

— Gwyneth Paltrow

I'm proud to be British champion, and I'll defend it until I can get a fight for a world title.

— Callum Smith

There is a certain advantage to the British accent. I do notice that Americans love it; they think the we Brits are…

— Piers Morgan

It sometimes occurs to me that the British have more heritage than isgood for them.

— Bill Bryson

I think it's difficult for British coaches to get a job at the top clubs and may get harder as time goes…

— Eddie Howe

I did TV for a bit, and somewhere along the line, I started writing a column for 'The Independent' newspaper in England,…

— Alexa Chung

We can safely make one prophecy: whatever the outcome of this war, the British Empire is at an end. It has been…

— Adolf Hitler

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

My British mum met my American dad when she was on holiday in the United States when she was 19. She kinda…

— Philip Winchester

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

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

As for myself, my course is clear. A British subject I was born - a British subject I will die. With my…

— John A. Macdonald

In the field of snobbery, Australia is an underdeveloped country; even a few British ex-colonies, regarded as under developed in all other…

— George Mikes

Famously in 1936, Oswald Mosley led a march of his British black shirts through a mostly Jewish neighborhood, in the east end…

— Rachel Maddow

What if all those strange and unexplainable bends in history were the result of supernatural interference? At which point I asked myself,…

— Gail Carriger

So I believe in singing to such an extent that if I were asked to redesign the British educational system, I would…

— Brian Eno

We used to have a War Office, but now we have a Ministry of Defence, nuclear bombs are now described as deterrents,…

— Tony Benn

Even under the British there were hostile groups. There were clashes. But, as we found out later, these were clashes provoked by…

— Indira Gandhi

So the British, of all ages, still walk the course. On trips to Florida or the American desert, they still marvel, or…

— Alistair Cooke

Once I spoke about this subject among a group of English intellectuals. One of them was a professor on Roman Law at…

— Garry Kasparov

Since populists never miss an opportunity to create a lot of noise about anti-Europe stance. However, the repercussions of the British referendum…

— Jean-Claude Juncker

I love punk, I love a lot of British Invasion bands, I love garage bands.

— Anna Sui

Americans are really harsh about British people's teeth.

— Cher Lloyd

I am not talking to anyone in the British media. They are all pricks.

— Allan Border

I'll never understand why British people lose their accent when they sing.

— Anonymous

Courtesy is not dead - it has merely taken refuge in Great Britain.

— Georges Duhamel

It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record.

— Roger Bannister

There's something very British about the word naughty.

— Naughty Boy

I've never lost my Scots accent but my son has a classic British accent.

— David Coulthard