British Quotes

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What do you call that nice, shiny white metal they use to make sidings and airplanes out of? Aluminum, right? Aluminum, pronounced 'uh-LOO-mih-num', right? Anybody… — Isaac Asimov
Lahore, the second largest city of Pakistan, ancient capital of the Punjab, home to nearly as many people as New York, layered like a sedimentary… — Mohsin Hamid
In this instance of the fire-arms, the Asiatic has been most improperly bracketed with the natives. The British Indian does not need any such restrictions… — Mahatma Gandhi
If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British. — Mahatma Gandhi
But if we come back, if German men come back, if British men come back, and Japs, and French, and all the other men, all… — J D Salinger
The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never really enjoy success. — Danny Boyle
Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man! — Jules Verne
They fought their first action in March of 1775. Embarked on eight small ships, they sailed to the Bahamas and captured a British fort near… — Tom Clancy
And whatever their publicized angst over Saddam Hussein's 'weapons of mass destruction,' American and British authorities were also concerned about violence in an area that… — Alan Greenspan
The British audience was very important to me. I have always looked away from American to non-American audiences and so this was important. — Robert Sheckley
Ireland is such a young society. The British were the ruling class up until they left about a hundred years ago, and we've been trying… — Tana French
ID can be hijacked, and cards can be faked. All of the 9/11 terrorists had fake IDs, yet they still got on the planes. If… — Bruce Schneier
Even with the recent story about the nurse killing herself in King Edward Hospital, there's no blame placed on Kate Middleton, who was in the… — Steven Morrissey
British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target. — Rory Bremner
Ryan Giggs will go down as the most successful British footballer of all time and I cannot see anyone ever overtaking him. He's on the… — Gary Neville
I think the good old British democracy should keep scrutinising and pressing to get the truth out. — Clare Short
I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated. — Paloma Faith
Most white Americans only discovered the blues with the British invasion. — Ronnie Wood
I think deep down, this planet yearns for the days of the British Empire again. They long once more to be treated that badly, that… — John Oliver
The way to bring out the best in the British people is to attack them. — Alasdair MacIntyre
Astonishing times. Who would have imagined that the Crazy Gang would yield a Hollywood film star (Vinny Jones), a British television ever-present (John Fashanu) and… — Giles Smith
Straight out of Blackpool, I'm William Regal. My rhymes so intense, they shouldn't be legal. My style is refined, not crude and crass. I'll keep… — William Regal
The reason the first three Star Wars movies were so terrific, and the second three sucked so bad, is actually very simple. The first three… — Bill Whittle
Seattle is a liberal city, its politics not so much blue (in the American, not the British, sense) as deep ultramarine, and its manners are… — Jonathan Raban
Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to participate in a… — Arthur Scargill

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