British Quotes

1274 British quotes by 897 unique authors

I lived for a year in Scotland. British sign language is very different from American. — I. King Jordan
There is certainly a higher percentage of wit in British comedy than in American comedy. What always tickles me is the way in which people… — Christopher Lloyd
Our nation is built upon a history of immigration, dating back to our first pioneers, the Pilgrims. For more than three centuries, we have welcomed… — Ami Bera
I like to mix British classics, like a great trench, with fun vintage pieces I find in New York. L.A. style is often very relaxed… — Harley Viera-Newton
I was brought up in a family which valued natural history. Both my parents knew the names of all the British wildflowers, so as we… — Richard Dawkins
I entered the health care debate in response to a statement in the United States press in summer 2009 which claimed the National Health Service… — Stephen Hawking
Whenever I dream of playing a perfect round of golf, which I rarely do more than a dozen times a day, I picture myself on… — Henry Beard
In the British embassy in Afghanistan in 2008, an embassy of 350 people, there were only three people who could speak Dari, the main language… — Rory Stewart
One of the characteristics of New Labour - and Miliband is irredeemably of that species - is that, in the guise of a new liberal… — Martin Jacques
If the truth be told, we are a society that is dripping in racism. This is not in the least surprising. For the best part… — Martin Jacques
When it comes to getting more women into parliament, politicians have at least started to take active measures. The British Labour Party introduced all-female shortlists… — Noreena Hertz
The British who arrived in the United States in the eighteen-thirties and forties had imagined the young republic as a wide-eyed adolescent, socially ungainly and… — Simon Schama
I lived the life of Londoners - and thence comes my immense gratitude and my deep attachment with the British people. I do not think… — Maurice Druon
In the Crusades, getting the Holy Land back was the goal, and any means could be used to achieve it. World War II was a… — Stanley Hauerwas
The British, I have discovered, assume that Americans are more religious than they are. — Stanley Hauerwas
It is a standing source of astonishment and amusement to visitors that the British Museum has so few British things in it: that it is… — Neil MacGregor
Thanks to the unprecedented reach of British navigation, London in the early 18th century was not just the emporium of the world, it was the… — Neil MacGregor
For many, the icon of the British Museum is the Rosetta Stone, that administrative by-product of the Greek imperial adventure in Africa. — Neil MacGregor
A collection that embraces the whole world allows you to consider the whole world. That is what an institution such as the British Museum is… — Neil MacGregor
The British Museum was founded with a civic purpose: to allow the citizen, through reasoned inquiry and comparison, to resist the certainties that endanger free… — Neil MacGregor
There are still thousands of people dying every year in Laos, mostly children and farmers, from unexploded anti-personnel ordnance that the U.S. simply saturated much… — Noam Chomsky
Nothing is as hard as working on a British soap in this industry. — Robert Kazinsky
I studied in Britain and spent great moments of my life there as a student living in Belsize Park. I admire the British trait of… — Asif Ali Zardari
The British love of queuing and discomfort and being bossed around seems to have found a new outlet in the pop festival. — Craig Brown
I speak for all Malaysians in expressing my admiration for the Queen and the grace, poise and selflessness with which she has carried out her… — Najib Razak

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