British Quotes

1274 British quotes by 897 unique authors

I've been a Danish prince, a Texas slave-dealer, an Arab sheik, a Cheyenne Dog Soldier, and a Yankee navy lieutenant in my time, among other… — George MacDonald Fraser
Tea? Good God, no. It's mud. How the British ever built an empire drinking the filthy stuff is beyond me. And if we carry on… — Charlie Higson
I was hoping they would put up flyers like they do for lost cats." He said. "Missing, one stunningly attractive teenage boy. Answers to 'Jace'… — Cassandra Clare
I heard someone walk out of the alley behind me, and my body went tense and tight, despite my weariness. Then a young woman's voice… — Jim Butcher
Freak is easily spooked. Flesh-eating monsters tend to scare him away. So do fireworks, clowns, and the smell of Sadie's weird British Ribena drink. (Can't… — Rick Riordan
Our duty is very simple and plain. We want to serve the community, and in our own humble way to serve the Empire. We believe… — Mahatma Gandhi
Angeline's been hanging out with that dhampir. I just saw them walking off together. Is something going on with them?" "Which dhampir?" I asked. "The… — Richelle Mead
In the end, history, especially British history with its succession of thrilling illuminations, should be, as all her most accomplished narrators have promised, not just… — Simon Schama
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years,… — Winston Churchill
The only thing that could possibly save British politics would be Margaret Thatcher's assassin. — Steven Morrissey
We used to have a War Office, but now we have a Ministry of Defence, nuclear bombs are now described as deterrents, innocent civilians killed… — Tony Benn
No medieval monarch in the whole of British history ever had such power as every modern British Prime Minister has in his or her hands.… — Tony Benn
Because we do not understand the brain very well we are constantly tempted to use the latest technology as a model for trying to understand… — John Searle
That these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British… — Richard Henry Lee
In the weeks and months ahead, my task is to show I have the new ideas, the vision and the experience to earn the trust… — Gordon Brown
Without history we are infants. Ask what binds the British Isles more closely to America than to Europe and only history gives a reply. Of… — Simon Jenkins
Among the virtues and vices that make up the British character, we have one vice, at least, that Americans ought to view with sympathy. For… — William Golding
It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record. — Roger Bannister
In Britain, the big supermarkets dominate our food chain. British supermarkets are some of the best in the world at controlling, manipulating and delivering cheap… — Arthur Potts Dawson
About 30% of fresh food is thrown away in supermarkets every day, although they will deny it. British households are throwing an estimated 30% of… — Arthur Potts Dawson
Many of us came away from our youth thinking that the story of the Revolution was that the Americans were patriots fighting the oppressive British.… — Nathaniel Philbrick
Margaret Thatcher had more impact on the world than any woman ruler since Catherine the Great of Russia. Not only did she turn around -… — Paul Johnson
I have an image of what a British gentleman looks like, and that image finds real expression in Prince Charles. He is beyond fashion -… — Donatella Versace
The idea that women are innately gentle is a fantasy, and a historically recent one. Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction, is depicted as wreathed… — Naomi Wolf
I was a good soldier in the British Army. I was born in a very, very poor family. And I enlisted to escape hunger. But… — Idi Amin

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