--- title: "44 Uk Quotes by 37 authors" description: "Browse 44 Uk quotes by 37 authors. Discover the best Uk sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/anonymous-1_street_reppin-that-uk-swag-1671385_1671385.jpg" --- > [Reppin that UK SWAG](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/reppin-that-uk-swag/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/anonymous-1_street_reppin-that-uk-swag-1671385_1671385.jpg) > [In the UK, everyone's quite conservative. No-one wants to look like a fan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bree-runway/in-the-uk-everyone-s-quite-conservative-no-one-wants-to-look-like-a/) [Bree Runway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bree-runway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f83/bree-runway-14768_conservative_in-the-uk-everyone-s-quite-conservative_2759448.jpg) > [“If crisis was a cake, then our politicians are globally its baker.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-merrick/if-crisis-was-a-cake-then-our-politicians-are-globally-its-baker/) [Steve Merrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-merrick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b7/steve-merrick-10911_cake_if-crisis-was-a-cake-then-our-politician_472475.jpg) > [The UK desperately needs less government and freer markets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-murdoch/the-uk-desperately-needs-less-government-and-freer-markets/) [Rupert Murdoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-murdoch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c00/rupert-murdoch-2885_government_the-uk-desperately-needs-less-government_1855260.jpg) > [“Being gay was illegal in the UK until 1982, you could go to jail for it!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-magee/being-gay-was-illegal-in-the-uk-until-1982-you-could-go-to-jail-for-it/) [Steven Magee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-magee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa2/steven-magee-129_1982_being-gay-was-illegal-in-the-uk-until-19_2311006.jpg) > [When it comes to the UK, our problem is that weve never decolonised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-rosen/when-it-comes-to-the-uk-our-problem-is-that-weve-never-decolonised/) [Michael Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-rosen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd1/michael-rosen-4765_never_when-it-comes-to-the-uk-our-problem-is-t_1417292.png) > [“It’s not wheel science… just aim and fire.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-winters/it-s-not-wheel-science-just-aim-and-fire/) Evelyn Winters [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/335/evelyn-winters-105380_baths_it-s-not-wheel-science-just-aim-and-fire_726146.jpg) > [The UK public have repeatedly shown enormous generosity to those in need.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-mitchell/the-uk-public-have-repeatedly-shown-enormous-generosity-to-those-in/) [Andrew Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/andrew-mitchell-29018_enormous_the-uk-public-have-repeatedly-shown-enor_1490096.jpg) > [All UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchan/all-uk-nuclear-power-stations-should-be-shut-down-without-delay/) [James Buchan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85a/james-buchan-9717_climate_all-uk-nuclear-power-stations-should-be_1763147.png) > [There is a legitimate role for development education in the UK, but I do not believe these projects give the taxpayer value…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-mitchell/there-is-a-legitimate-role-for-development-education-in-the-uk-but-i/) [Andrew Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/531/andrew-mitchell-29018_believe_there-is-a-legitimate-role-for-developme_1880118.jpg) > [People knew that Murdoch's media estate in the UK was too powerful and it was doing very unpleasant things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meredith-whitney/people-knew-that-murdoch-s-media-estate-in-the-uk-was-too-powerful/) [Meredith Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meredith-whitney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a21/meredith-whitney-38857_doing_people-knew-that-murdoch-s-media-estate_2464694.jpg) > [More than 50% of significant new regulations that impact on business in the UK now emanate from the EU.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hutton/more-than-50-of-significant-new-regulations-that-impact-on-business/) [John Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hutton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/676/john-hutton-20187_business_more-than-50-of-significant-new-regulati_829594.jpg) > [I did five movies in Australia, I did three films in Germany, this is the fourth film I've done here in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-silver/i-did-five-movies-in-australia-i-did-three-films-in-germany-this-is/) [Joel Silver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-silver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/joel-silver-12963_australia_i-did-five-movies-in-australia-i-did-thr_2294533.jpg) > [I campaigned for the UK to stay in the European Union but the country chose a different path.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-truss/i-campaigned-for-the-uk-to-stay-in-the-european-union-but-the-country/) [Liz Truss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-truss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f5/liz-truss-6248_country_i-campaigned-for-the-uk-to-stay-in-the-e_2530026.jpg) > [“Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/among-the-many-misdeeds-of-british-rule-in-india-history-will-look/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/mahatma-gandhi-23_armies_among-the-many-misdeeds-of-british-rule_1727106.jpg) > [“The first step to Happiness is deciding exactly what kind of life you want. That kinda comes from experience.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i-b-opene/the-first-step-to-happiness-is-deciding-exactly-what-kind-of-life-you/) I.B. Opene [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17b/i-b-opene-243308_author_the-first-step-to-happiness-is-deciding_1664371.jpg) > [“The trouble with the English was that they were English: damn cold fish! - Living underwater most of the year, in days…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/the-trouble-with-the-english-was-that-they-were-english-damn-cold/) [Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cad/salman-rushdie-153_britain_the-trouble-with-the-english-was-that-th_255210.jpg) > [“While the USA corporate government took three years to deny my disability application, the UK approved my pension plan early disbursement on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-magee/while-the-usa-corporate-government-took-three-years-to-deny-my/) [Steven Magee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-magee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/178/steven-magee-129_application_while-the-usa-corporate-government-took_1180760.jpg) > [We can't return to the 19th century, draw up our drawbridges and say, we don't have anything to do with each other,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-clegg/we-can-t-return-to-the-19th-century-draw-up-our-drawbridges-and-say/) [Nick Clegg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-clegg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/nick-clegg-8434_19th-century_we-can-t-return-to-the-19th-century-draw_1605783.png) > [But we need to show that the EU can modernise itself, can adapt to the needs of its citizens, can take their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hutton/but-we-need-to-show-that-the-eu-can-modernise-itself-can-adapt-to-the/) [John Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hutton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b2/john-hutton-20187_account_but-we-need-to-show-that-the-eu-can-mode_544628.jpg) > [We decided to play the NEC because we were asked to, and because we actually rather like the place: we've always enjoyed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-eldritch/we-decided-to-play-the-nec-because-we-were-asked-to-and-because-we/) [Andrew Eldritch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-eldritch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b09/andrew-eldritch-26798_actually_we-decided-to-play-the-nec-because-we-we_1585507.jpg) > [Indian food has been huge in the UK forever and ever, but that's because it has a historical rooting. America, I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aarti-sequeira/indian-food-has-been-huge-in-the-uk-forever-and-ever-but-that-s/) [Aarti Sequeira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aarti-sequeira/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/aarti-sequeira-35231_america_indian-food-has-been-huge-in-the-uk-fore_2331272.jpg) > [The more the UK feels distanced from European construction the less others are able to benefit from the full influence of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-monti/the-more-the-uk-feels-distanced-from-european-construction-the-less/) [Mario Monti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-monti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cb/mario-monti-15813_able_the-more-the-uk-feels-distanced-from-eur_1734273.png) > [“Some of us are happy with our African hair, thank you very much. I don't want some poor Indian girl's hair. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/some-of-us-are-happy-with-our-african-hair-thank-you-very-much-i-don/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/zadie-smith-584_afro-hair_some-of-us-are-happy-with-our-african-ha_150375.png) > [The Civil Service is a vital economic asset to the UK - firstly, in the way it creates a framework for excellence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hutton/the-civil-service-is-a-vital-economic-asset-to-the-uk-firstly-in-the/) [John Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hutton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/805/john-hutton-20187_asset_the-civil-service-is-a-vital-economic-as_1979128.jpg) > [“It is nine o'clock, and London has breakfasted. Some unconsidered tens of thousands have, it is true, already enjoyed with what appetite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-augustus-sala/it-is-nine-o-clock-and-london-has-breakfasted-some-unconsidered-tens/) George Augustus Sala [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/george-augustus-sala-100485_black-hole_it-is-nine-o-clock-and-london-has-breakf_984799.jpg) > [“The Nazis' entrance upon the European stage did not, at first, alarm the British. After all, under the Versailles treaty, the size…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-albright/the-nazis-entrance-upon-the-european-stage-did-not-at-first-alarm-the/) [Madeleine Albright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-albright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e0/madeleine-albright-1360_air-force_the-nazis-entrance-upon-the-european-sta_1416669.jpg) > [“here’s a toast to Alan Turing born in harsher, darker times who thought outside the container and loved outside the lines and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-harvey/here-s-a-toast-to-alan-turing-born-in-harsher-darker-times-who/) [Matt Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-harvey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/765/matt-harvey-21591_cryptography_here-s-a-toast-to-alan-turing-born-in-ha_2388569.jpg) > [“The 2024 adjustment I had to make to the chemical formulation of 'Long COVID Supplements' eventually turned out to be a gut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-magee/the-2024-adjustment-i-had-to-make-to-the-chemical-formulation-of-long/) [Steven Magee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-magee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/steven-magee-129_germany_the-2024-adjustment-i-had-to-make-to-the_1928910.jpg) > [“The timing of this sudden interest in the plight of Iraqi women cannot be overemphasized. For decades, many Iraqi women activists in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadje-al-ali/the-timing-of-this-sudden-interest-in-the-plight-of-iraqi-women/) [Nadje Al-Ali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadje-al-ali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a9/nadje-al-ali-63728_foreign-policy_the-timing-of-this-sudden-interest-in-th_454559.jpg) > [“I never thought about a job in astronomy until I saw a job advert advertising one. It was in the Canary Islands,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-magee/i-never-thought-about-a-job-in-astronomy-until-i-saw-a-job-advert/) [Steven Magee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-magee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fe/steven-magee-129_astronomy_i-never-thought-about-a-job-in-astronomy_2663494.jpg) > [“Archbishop. Why do I never read the lesson?” “I beg your pardon, ma’am?” “In church. Everybody else gets to read and one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bennett/archbishop-why-do-i-never-read-the-lesson-i-beg-your-pardon-ma-am-in/) [Alan Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c59/alan-bennett-1922_books_archbishop-why-do-i-never-read-the-lesso_1218875.jpg) > [“It is the principal paradox of this period that the only sphere of our economic system in which government intervention is urgently…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-mosley/it-is-the-principal-paradox-of-this-period-that-the-only-sphere-of/) [Oswald Mosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-mosley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17e/oswald-mosley-29351_economic-system_it-is-the-principal-paradox-of-this-peri_253155.jpg) > [“Britain: the land of embarrassment and breakfast.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/britain-the-land-of-embarrassment-and-breakfast/) [Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85c/julian-barnes-522_britain_britain-the-land-of-embarrassment-and-br_2441136.png) > [There's quite a stigma attached to country music in the UK - but I kind of enjoy that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jade-bird/there-s-quite-a-stigma-attached-to-country-music-in-the-uk-but-i-kind/) [Jade Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jade-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d4/jade-bird-11566_country_there-s-quite-a-stigma-attached-to-count_643552.jpg) > [“The fashion look of teens and twentysomethings -once so cutting edge- is now, like most of the music played on the radio,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-strongman/the-fashion-look-of-teens-and-twentysomethings-once-so-cutting-edge/) Phil Strongman [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/phil-strongman-269586_cutting-edge_the-fashion-look-of-teens-and-twentysome_165940.jpg) > [Here in the UK the government has decided to accept the recommendations of the Better Regulation Task Force to measure and make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hutton/here-in-the-uk-the-government-has-decided-to-accept-the/) [John Hutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hutton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/john-hutton-20187_accept_here-in-the-uk-the-government-has-decide_2665865.jpg) > [We've had a number 1 album in the UK and that was a really big thing for me. So now all we've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/we-ve-had-a-number-1-album-in-the-uk-and-that-was-a-really-big-thing/) [Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42e/dan-hawkins-27384_across_we-ve-had-a-number-1-album-in-the-uk-and_2111752.jpg) > [In establishing democracy, we have to be sensitive to the regional and national context. Democracy also means to guarantee the rights of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamad-bin-isa-al-khalifa/in-establishing-democracy-we-have-to-be-sensitive-to-the-regional-and/) [Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamad-bin-isa-al-khalifa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/hamad-bin-isa-al-khalifa-18145_also_in-establishing-democracy-we-have-to-be_1539761.png) > [“Locum Pharmacy Technician Quality Locum Solutions hire locum pharmacy technicians who are qualified, highly trained and an experienced. We provide pharmacy team…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quality-locum-solutions/locum-pharmacy-technician-quality-locum-solutions-hire-locum-pharmacy/) [Quality Locum Solutions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quality-locum-solutions/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfa/quality-locum-solutions-48779_agency_locum-pharmacy-technician-quality-locum_3033872.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/uk/#itemlist", "name": "Uk Quotes", "numberOfItems": 40, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Reppin that UK SWAG", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/reppin-that-uk-swag/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/anonymous-1_street_reppin-that-uk-swag-1671385_1671385.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/anonymous-1_street_reppin-that-uk-swag-1671385_1671385.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fc/anonymous-1_street_reppin-that-uk-swag-1671385_1671385.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Reppin that UK SWAG” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the UK, everyone's quite conservative. 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Some unconsidered tens of thousands have, it is true, already enjoyed with what appetite they might their pre-prandial meal; the upper fifty thousand, again, have not yet left their luxurious couches, and will not breakfast till ten, eleven o'clock, noon; nay, there shall be sundry listless, languid members of fast military clubs, dwellers among the tents of Jermyn Street, and the high-priced second floors of Little Ryder Street, St. James's, upon whom one, two, and three o'clock in the afternoon shall be but as dawn, and whose broiled bones and devilled kidneys shall scarcely be laid on the damask breakfast-cloth before Sol is red in the western horizon. I wish that, in this age so enamoured of statistical information, when we must needs know how many loads of manure go to every acre of turnip-field, and how many jail-birds are thrust into the black hole per mensem for fracturing their pannikins, or tearing their convict jackets, that some M'Culloch or Caird would tabulate for me the amount of provisions, solid and liquid, consumed at the breakfasts of London every morning. I want to know how many thousand eggs are daily chipped, how many of those embryo chickens are poached, and how many fried; how many tons of quartern loaves are cut up to make bread-and-butter, thick and thin; how many porkers have been sacrificed to provide the bacon rashers, fat and streaky ; what rivers have been drained, what fuel consumed, what mounds of salt employed, what volumes of smoke emitted, to catch and cure the finny haddocks and the Yarmouth bloaters, that grace our morning repast. 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