British Quotes

1274 British quotes by 897 unique authors

When I was 13, listening to Choice FM, I would listen to a lot of R&B from America, and whenever a British person tried to… — Katy B
I like everything European. Even my GPS has a British accent - it's way less annoying than the American one. — Rachel Bilson
The British are so funny. — Rose Byrne
I find a difference in British spy fiction and American spy fiction. In the American version, it's more militaristic, partly because the CIA has more… — Charles Cumming
Being a fan of authentic Dada, I find today's art - what I call 'Bankers' Dada' - mind-numbingly dull. The most challenging work I've seen… — Billy Childish
British fans are exceptional, but the American fans are something else. Some of them fly 500 miles to stand in line for three hours, just… — Craig Charles
I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative. — Catherine Ashton
I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from… — John Corigliano
The British regulatory system was revised, so that bigger profits were encouraged, which removed the option of big spending on programming. Quality just fell off… — Lee Child
I am a passionate believer in freedom of speech. I would not support anything which would impinge on aggressive robust freedom of the British press,… — Nick Clegg
The British have always made terrible parents. — Rachel Cusk
Gandhi has asked that the British Government should walk out of India and leave the Indian people to settle differences among themselves, even if it… — Stafford Cripps
No one will expect the British Government or the Government of India to give way to threats of violence, disorder and chaos; and, indeed, representatives… — Stafford Cripps
It is not yet too late for the Indian people to decide on rapid, ordered progress. I can assure them that the British people are… — Stafford Cripps
In my job I meet many outstanding, world class, British based companies. But we need more companies and more jobs in the companies we have. — Vince Cable
Banks operate like a man who either wears his trousers round his chest, stifling breathing, as now, or round his ankles, exposing his assets. We… — Vince Cable
I fear that the rising personal bankruptcies and repossessions are the first signs of bigger problems to come and personal debt - Gordon Brown's legacy… — Vince Cable
Many of our problems are home-grown. Gordon Brown regularly advised the rest of the world to follow his British model of growth. But the model… — Vince Cable
My job is to support businesses, that means promoting British commerce in the big emerging markets that have been neglected in the past. It means… — Vince Cable
The real problem at the moment is that the banks - because of their existing culture, which is frankly anti-business, obsession with short-term trading profits,… — Vince Cable
When I was a child we were sufficiently well off for me to be a picky eater and I still cannot eat vegetables cooked in… — Vince Cable
There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what… — Gavyn Davies
I want to experience that massive adrenalin rush when you step into a new stadium, all the more so when that Olympic Stadium is packed… — Jessica Ennis
Things have changed so much, with Facebook and Twitter. Everyone is so much more accessible these days: no British athlete has ever experienced what we… — Jessica Ennis
One of the things about being raised British in Africa is that you get this double whammy of toughness. The continent in place itself made… — Alexandra Fuller

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