British Quotes

1274 British quotes by 897 unique authors

We remain united with the British, and our allies around the world, in our resolve to defeat terrorism and bring those who commit these acts… — Doc Hastings
Those who came to the United States didn't realize they were white until they got here. They were told they were white. They had to… — Cornel West
When the British Open is in Scotland, there's something special about it. And when it's at St. Andrews, it's even greater. — Jack Nicklaus
The refusal of the British and Russian peoples to accept what appeared to be inevitable defeat was the great factor in the salvage of our… — George C. Marshall
We can safely make one prophecy: whatever the outcome of this war, the British Empire is at an end. It has been mortally wounded. The… — Adolf Hitler
I ought to have seized the initiative in 1938 instead of allowing myself to be forced into war in 1939; for war was, in any… — Adolf Hitler
The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests. — Charley Reese
If we don't stop behaving like the British Empire, we will end up like the British Empire. — Pat Buchanan
To every man of us, Tobruk was a symbol of British resistance and we were now going to finish with it for good. — Erwin Rommel
To me, the [British] Open is the tournament I would come to if I had to leave a month before and swim over. — Lee Trevino
So the British, of all ages, still walk the course. On trips to Florida or the American desert, they still marvel, or shudder, at the… — Alistair Cooke
The maxim of the British people is; Business as Usual! — Winston Churchill
Sometimes Americans don't quite get my sense of humor. My good ol' British sarcasm seems to go over their heads. — Lee Westwood
I had a prejudice against the British until I discovered that fifty percent of them were female. — Ray Floyd
However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbor, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the… — Neville Chamberlain
We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be; we shall fight on beaches, landing grounds, in fields, in streets and on the hills.… — Winston Churchill
I will have nothing to do with a bomb! [Response to being invited (1943) to work with Otto Robert Frisch and some British scientists at… — Lise Meitner
What's the difference between a bright, inquisitive five-year-old, and a dull, stupid nineteen-year-old? Fourteen years of the British educational system. — Bertrand Russell
I want to be taken playfully, not seriously - not with a long British face, but with beautiful laughter. Your laughter, your playfulness is the… — Rajneesh
The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads… — George Mikes
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe… — Winston Churchill
You have heard of the new chemical nomenclature endeavored to be introduced by Lavoisier, Fourcroy, &c. Other chemists of this country, of equal note, reject… — Thomas Jefferson
Part of what makes a language 'alive' is its constant evolution. I would hate to think Britain would ever emulate France, where they actually have… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The minds of youth are perpetually led to the history of Greece and Rime or to Great Britain; Boys are constantly repeating the declamations of… — Noah Webster
The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which she never knows how to… — Oscar Wilde

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