British Quotes

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We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this British sensibility than… — David Cameron
If we left the European Union, it would be a one-way ticket, not a return. So we will have time for a proper, reasoned debate.… — David Cameron
I started this charity, Fashion for Relief, in 2005, after Hurricane Katrina happened. New Orleans was actually the first place I visited in the United… — Naomi Campbell
Anyone that knows me knows what I'm about, and I'm very much a British actor, a European actor. — Robert Carlyle
I seemed to belong to three countries: I had an apartment in Paris, a house in Hollywood, and when I married British theater director Peter… — Leslie Caron
In the last 15 or 20 years, I've watched the British press simply go to hell. There seems to be no limit, no depths to… — John le Carre
So I rang up British Telecom, I said 'I want to report a nuisance caller', he said 'Not you again'. — Frank Carson
There is no cannibalism in the British navy, absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount. — Graham Chapman
British crime stories tend to be very internal, psychological, claustrophobic, very limited in terms of geography. — Lee Child
The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to… — Winston Churchill
When Marcus Garvey died in 1940, the role of the British Empire was already being challenged by India and the rising expectations of her African… — John Henrik Clarke
One thing I have frankly decided is that when it comes to political reform we have two conservative parties in British politics. Both the Labour… — Nick Clegg
I will not accept a new wave of fiscal retrenchment, of belt-tightening, without asking people at the top to make their contribution, to make an… — Nick Clegg
If the euro zone doesn't come up with a comprehensive vision of its own future, you'll have a whole range of nationalist, xenophobic and extreme… — Nick Clegg
What I hope is in five years' time, I can go to the British people in the election and say: Lots of you doubted that… — Nick Clegg
My husband doesn't know what my songs are about - even when they're about him. He's very British in that way. He doesn't ask, and… — Tori Amos
I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent… — Julie Andrews
With the ministry's motto 'Research on a Shoestring' emblazoned on his coat of arms, he has to struggle with a treasury more interested in surtax… — Harold Wilson
We (The British) have not journeyed across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy. — Winston Churchill
The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink. — Duke of Wellington
In all general questions which become the subjects of discussion, there are always some truths mixed with falsehoods. I confess, there is danger where men… — Alexander Hamilton
It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom & passion. — Steve Winwood
If I am pushed I will push back, that is the way I am. I am very British. We don't like to be pushed around.… — Damon Hill
The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which… — Damon Hill
The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the British Navy. — Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

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