British Quotes

1274 British quotes by 897 unique authors

The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America. — Ellsworth Huntington
I've always wanted to be a spy, and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me. — Elizabeth Hurley
Americans enjoy uniformity in a way that the British don't; they wanted everybody of a sort of nice chorus line height and here I was,… — Jeremy Irons
And I definitely do that very British thing of, take things with a pinch of salt, stiff upper lip, you know what I mean? — Jessie J
My father was an army champion boxer... in the British army. And so he loved boxing and talked it up as a sport. But then… — Hugh Jackman
Both my parents are English and came out to Australia in 1967. I was born the following year. My parents, and immigrants like them, were… — Hugh Jackman
However British you may be, I am more British still. — Henry James
I'd like to film a British commercial; they're better than American ones. — James Earl Jones
I think the British audience might be more open-minded with some of my imagery and weird choices. — Adam Lambert
A lot of my male vocal influences are British - people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant. — Adam Lambert
No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire and… — James Larkin
I am a subject of the British Crown, but whenever I have to choose between the interests of England and Canada it is manifest to… — Wilfrid Laurier
Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which doesn't. — Stephen Leacock
Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger… — Mike Leigh
When young I did my best to undo that bit of the British Empire I found myself in: that is, old Southern Rhodesia. — Doris Lessing
You know, when I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all… — Doris Lessing
It's certainly true that I was brought up in that British amateur tradition, the one which always held that if you were reasonably good at… — Damian Lewis
I do like British guys. If I had to pick one it would be Ewan McGregor. I met him once and he was gorgeous, even… — Eva Longoria
One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army. — John Lydon
All the things that you would have thought would have made me a professional A1 criminal... wrong. I decided that was too lazy and easy,… — John Lydon
We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality. — Thomas B. Macaulay
I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good. — John Major
I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war. — John Major
Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict. — John Major
You know, not even your British Queen is called just Elizabeth - she's Elizabeth the Second. There's only one Imelda. — Imelda Marcos

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