British Quotes

1274 British quotes by 897 unique authors

I have not become the Kings First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. — Winston Churchill
The Chinese said of themselves several thousand years ago: China is a sea that salts all the waters that flow into it. Theres another Chinese… — Winston Churchill
It has taken me nearly twenty years of studied self-restraint, aided by the natural decay of my faculties, to make myself dull enough to be… — George Bernard Shaw
The biggest looters are the British Museum. — Lowkey
In the first World War British propaganda had to invent the stories of German soldiers bayoneting Belgian babies, because there were too few real atrocities… — Erich Fromm
It is equality of monotony which makes the strength of the British Isles. — Eleanor Roosevelt
As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he… — Ronald Blythe
As we all know, it is the proper duty of every British subject to come to the aid of the TARDIS. — Steven Moffat
I can say I won a Senior British Open at Turnberry. I think that's the best thing about it, the whole week, was playing this… — Fred Couples
There is a profound and ineradicable taint of antisemitism in the British. — David Mamet
I have met charming people, lots who would be charming if they hadn't got a complex about the British and everyone has pleasant and cheerful… — Freya Stark
Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always… — Rupert Murdoch
The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents. — John Lahr
You British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let's not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment. — Paddy Chayefsky
British physician, West African Countries and Peoples Man's place is higher than the sky. Respect for man is the underlying spirit of civilization. — Muhammad Iqbal
I don't think the Bonzo Dog could have evolved in America, nor could the old Nice: because of their musical discipline. This is one thing… — Jon Lord
I live in L.A. so I worry my kids aren't that connected to Britain, I suppose I don't want them to become American kids. We… — Kevin McKidd
In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society. — Lord Mountbatten
Let everyone leave all the guns - British guns and Irish guns - outside the door. — Martin McGuinness
Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require. — Martin McGuinness
The British government says that for Sinn Fein to be involved in talks the guns must be left at the door. — Martin McGuinness
The fact is that a car used by Gerry Adams and myself during the course of the Mitchell review was bugged by elements within British… — Martin McGuinness
Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that. — Matthew Macfadyen
I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being… — Peter Mandelson
I come from a political family. My father was a freedom fighter. He was a prominent leader of the locality and member of the Congress… — Pranab Mukherjee

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