British Quotes

1274 British quotes by 897 unique authors

For William Cecil and others in Elizabeth's Council, whose sense of Catholic conspiracy and threat governed their political thinking, England's security lay in the creation… — Unknown Author
I am a man of peace. I am longing and working and praying for peace, but I will not surrender the safety and security of… — Stanley Baldwin
I am speaking to you from the Cabinet Room at 10 Downing Street. This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government an… — Neville Chamberlain
Taxation, the very thing that had triggered the British civil wars, would do so again, this time in America. The taxes may have been different,… — Simon Schama
The first modern propaganda agency was the British Ministry of Information a century ago, which secretly defined its task as to direct the thought of… — Noam Chomsky
On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in… — Vince Cable
British women can't cook. — Prince Philip
The British press can be so annoying. They jerk you off with one hand and smack you with the other. — Julian Casablancas
It is well documented that I am a lifelong football fan. My love of the British game started with the 1966 World Cup. — Alisher Usmanov
I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press. — Paddy Ashdown
I give no more paroles to British officers. — Christopher Gadsden
I gave my parole once, and it has been shamefully violated by the British Government; I shall not give another to people on whom no… — Christopher Gadsden
The British feel of blues has been hard, rather than emotional. Far too much emphasis on 12 bar, too little attention to words, far too… — Alexis Korner
Arthur Scargill’s leadership of the miners’ strike has been a disgrace. The price to be paid for his folly will be immense. He will have… — Jimmy Reid
Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records — Duncan Sheik
To all the revolutionaries fighting to throw off the yoke of tyranny around the world: look at British democracy. Is that what you want? — Andy Zaltzman
When Captain America died, Americans heard it in an American way: through the media. When Captain Britain died, the British felt it in their chests. — Paul Cornell
It is that the Mail constantly dares to stand up to the liberal-left consensus that dominates so many areas of British life and instead represents… — Unknown Author
Not only the priceless heritage of our fathers, of our seamen, of our Empire builders is being thrown away in a war that serves no… — John Amery
The British government - any government - is potentially the worst [architectural] client in the world. — Thomas Heatherwick
I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature in the days when we only made two a year,… — Christopher Eccleston
The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime. — Antony Beevor
No less a bold and pugnacious figure than Winston Churchill broke down and was unable to finish his remarks at the sendoff of the British… — Barbara Tuchman
The Irish and British, they love satire, its a large part of the culture. — Ben Nicholson
The British philosopher Bertrand Russell said that philosophy went downhill after Democritus and did not recover until the Renaissance. — Leon M. Lederman

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