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British Quotes by George Mikes
- The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads…
- THE British are brave people. They can face anything, except reality.
- When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles, - but never England.
- In the field of snobbery, Australia is an underdeveloped country; even a few British ex-colonies, regarded as under developed in all other respects, could export…
- The British suffer from a most unfortunate superiority complex - unjustified even under Victoria and most certainly hopelessly out-of-date today.
- The British are proud of their ability to create a muddle and then muddle through all difficulties. I must shake the British pride: muddle is…
More British Quotes
- London has fine museums, the British Library is one of the greatest library institutions in the world... It's got everything you want,… — David Attenborough
- When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched… — Chinua Achebe
- For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms. — Gerry Adams
- I love British humor. It's just so - surreal. — Beck
- The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians. — Tony Benn
- On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we… — Kate Adie
- All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No… — Sade Adu
- I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have… — Orlando Bloom
- But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was… — Bono
- We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to the Internet, whether it be through a… — Richard Branson
- We've always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways... It's lasted now about 14 years, and we're very… — Richard Branson
- The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on… — Louise Brown