British Quotes

1274 British quotes by 897 unique authors

Uncontrolled, mass immigration displaces British workers, forces people onto benefits, and suppresses wages for the low-paid. — Theresa May
When I was a crusade director in British Columbia, all of our meetings were at 9:03. Somebody said 'That's ridiculous. Why did you do that?'… — Josh McDowell
British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British… — Alexander McQueen
The long-established and noble rule of Law, one of the greatest products of the character and tradition of British history, has suffered a deadly blow.… — Robert Menzies
We say to the British government: you have kept those sculptures for almost two centuries. You have cared for them as well as you could,… — Melina Mercouri
I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write… — Freddie Mercury
I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics. — David Miliband
I'd like to see a much more open Monarchy, myself. I used to think they were completely useless and we should get rid of them.… — Helen Mirren
Right from the outset, the prevailing mindset in British comics fandom was a radical and progressive one. We were all proto-hippies, and we all thought… — Alan Moore
No British politician has ever been more despised by the British people than Margaret Thatcher. — Steven Morrissey
Any criticism of Thatcher throws a dangerously absurd light on the entire machinery of British politics. Thatcher's name must be protected, not because of all… — Steven Morrissey
The monarchy is foremost a business, and it's important to them that the British public continue to finance the excessive luxurious lifestyles of the now… — Steven Morrissey
Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears. — Steven Morrissey
I am Scottish. I am also British. — Andy Murray
The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. — Dave Mustaine
Dad loved movies, and I grew up with British comedy. My ultimate favourite is Peter Sellers. — Mike Myers
Dad was in the British Army and my mom was in the Royal Air Force, so both of my parents believed in discipline. — Mike Myers
Everything I do is autobiographical in some way. 'Wayne's World' was me growing up in the suburbs of Toronto and listening to heavy metal, and… — Mike Myers
I joined the army on my seventeenth birthday, full of the romance of war after having read a lot of World War I British poetry… — Walter Dean Myers
The ancillary aspect of every British city now is the council estate. — V.S. Naipaul
I loved working on 'Happy Gilmore' because I love to travel to new places and we got to go to British Columbia. Any Adam Sandler… — Kevin Nealon
I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That's like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why… — Benjamin Netanyahu
I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism. — Barack Obama
I'm still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent - you get contaminated after so long. — Gary Oldman
My first outdoor cooking memories are full of erratic British summers, Dad swearing at a barbecue that he couldn't put together, and eventually eating charred… — Jamie Oliver

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