Britain Quotes

700 Britain quotes by 462 unique authors

The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about five hundred years. — Thomas Bulfinch
Change is a process: future is a destination. People want a sense of hope, possibility and pride about Britain. — Douglas Alexander
My London constituency in Hackney has one of the highest levels of gun crime in the country. But the problem is no longer confined to… — Diane Abbott
It's odd that I'm a big name in America and not known in Britain. — Marcus Buckingham
In the States everyone aspires to be middle class. It's so engrained into the American psyche: As long as you work hard you're going to… — Nigel Cole
Britain in the 1970s was undoubtedly an economic mess because of the oil price explosion. — Barbara Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn
Britain is no longer one of the world's price setters. It is painful. It is a challenge to us in government to explain all that,… — Vince Cable
I fear that the rising personal bankruptcies and repossessions are the first signs of bigger problems to come and personal debt - Gordon Brown's legacy… — Vince Cable
My job is to support businesses, that means promoting British commerce in the big emerging markets that have been neglected in the past. It means… — Vince Cable
Our workforce is very co-operative, very flexible, easy to work with and one of the big selling points. The idea that Britain is still back… — Vince Cable
The economy has become seriously unbalanced. Its growth has not been driven by investment or by overcoming Britain's long-standing weaknesses in investment and productivity, particularly… — Vince Cable
There was, of course, a global financial crisis. But our Labour predecessors left Britain exceptionally vulnerable and damaged: more personal debt than any other major… — Vince Cable
Great Britain revolutionized parts of their regulatory process by actually bringing the people who were going to be regulated to the table and suddenly found… — Geoff Davis
I am an American. I adore Britain and have a strong English half, but my roots are here in the U.S. - it is not… — Jennifer Ehle
Great Britain is not part of the euro-zone; but the decision we take will have great importance for Great Britain. — Francois Fillon
New Labour was the most short-sighted, self-serving, incompetent, useless, and ineffective government that Britain has ever known. Make no mistake, Labour's economic policies were a… — Liam Fox
At the beginning of the twentieth century, every single leading Muslim intellectual was in love with the west, and wanted their countries to look just… — Karen Armstrong
At the moment, in Britain we're facing such enormous cutbacks in education programs and music programs and art programs that you feel you are knocking… — Peter Maxwell Davies
The establishment in Britain is certainly against the arts and against education. If something doesn't make a profit, it's invalid, and art doesn't make a… — Peter Maxwell Davies
I've put myself forward to be involved. Whether I get picked, we'll have to wait and see. Obviously everybody is excited about it, about the… — Ryan Giggs
In Britain you're more used to challenging drama. In America, TV is just boring, and numbing, and bloody terrible. — Michael Imperioli
In Britain, you do your job. When you do an American TV show, there is a sense of being one with the crew, and there… — Theo James
Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means that we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed,… — Helen Keller
The Electroshock Novelist: The Alluring Bad Boy of Literary England Has Always Been Fascinated by Britain's Dustbin Empire. Now Martin Amis Takes On American Excess, — Sam Tanenhaus
It's funny because I think that both France and Britain are known for their distinctive styles, and everyone says that France is so chic and… — Alexa Chung

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