British Quote by Bob Hope Download Open image “My folks were English . . . we were too poor to be British.” — Bob Hope ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare British England Folks Funny Humorous Poor
My folks were English. They were too poor to be British. I still have a bit of British in me. In fact, my blood… — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
My parents are British but they emigrated to America, where I was born. — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
My parents came from lower-class British backgrounds. But they worked hard and, without formal education, made it where they are today. — Amy Jackson Copy Share Image
My father and mother emigrated to Canada in 1958, but there's nobody more English than an Englishman who no longer lives in England, and… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
At every point I wished that I was born English. They need to make it colder in here. You could hang meat in this… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
Actually, until a few years ago, my English was very poor. I wasn't thinking of my American roots at all, until I went to… — Sergino Dest Copy Share Image
I came from a poor family. My father was from Glasgow, Scotland; my mother's brothers were brakemen on the railroad. We didn't have anything… — Mickey Rooney Copy Share Image
The fact that people didn't know I was British did work for quite a while. — Claire Forlani Copy Share Image
My maternal grandmother was Cantonese, so I'm a quarter Chinese and half Irish and a quarter Scottish and raised by English parents living in… — KT Tunstall Copy Share Image
I grew up with six brothers. That's how I learned to dance - waiting for the bathroom. — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
Having so many gold courses so close together was ideal for me. With my slice I could enjoy three or four golf courses at… — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
Contrary to what certain comedians have led you to believe, the national French pastime is picnicking. — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
She spoke perfect English, which led to considerable trouble. She couldn't understand us at all. — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
My father told me all about the birds and the bees, the liar - I went steady with a woodpecker till I was twenty… — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
I need money. I have a staff of 30, and four houses, never mind the government, to support. — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
In England when you make a movie even the weather is against you. In Hollywood the weatherman gets a shooting schedule from all the… — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
Go figure a crazy, mixed-up country where ballet outsells boxing. I wouldn't be surprised if their wrestling was on the level. — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
I'd love to work in the States; I'd love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play.… — Laura Carmichael Copy Share Image
I shot for French and British Vogue. The British Vogue one featured clothes by Chloe and was shot at Highgate and the John Soane… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
No wonder that Churchill described this effort [the British codebreakers working at Bletchley Park] as "Britian"s secret weapon," a weapon far more effective than… — Peter Hilton Copy Share Image
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
I always wanted to make a 'James Bond' film, and they only seemed to hire British directors, and I'd made 'Swingers' - they were… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
Somebody said that part of my reaction to British cinema is actually, paradoxically, a patriotic one. I'm so disappointed that we're not better. — Kevin Brownlow Copy Share Image
All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks! — Sade Adu Copy Share Image
British Forces should be in a position to give back in a ten fold measure any attack that the Germans may attempt. — Frederick Banting Copy Share Image
Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion. — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
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