British Quotes

1274 British quotes by 897 unique authors

Extraordinarily, I was up in the cemetery in Derry City, and I had a red cape on with a fur hood as a little girl,… — Roma Downey
The British Isles are awash with the choice of beautiful historic churches, abbeys, and cathedrals where one king or another has tied the knot and… — Tina Brown
I think British journalists do well in America because the newspaper culture there is so strong - telling stories and presenting them readably is in… — Tina Brown
I was an opponent of Saddam Hussein when the British and American governments and businessmen were selling him guns and gas. — George Galloway
As a kid, I remember John Daly bombing it around St. Andrews in 1995 to win the British Open, and people say we are similar… — Dustin Johnson
I am totally in favour of reform - but it must be reform that changes the nature of British politics, not simply the makeup or… — David Blunkett
What is it that unites, on the left of British politics, George Orwell, Billy Bragg, Gordon Brown and myself? An understanding that identity and a… — David Blunkett
Secessionists, whether in Scotland, Catalonia, Quebec or anywhere else, invariably assume that a person must either be Scottish or British, Catalan or Spanish, Quebecois or… — Michael Ignatieff
When I began visiting Bordeaux in 1979, only a handful of writers were there to taste the wines in the spring (and nearly all were… — Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Both Iraq and Syria are a fissile mixture of ethnicities and religions thrown together after Versailles by departing French and British imperialists and only kept… — Michael Ignatieff
We have to take risks in British television. It has to stop playing to the lowest common denominator and patronising people. — Charles Dance
At university level, I had an economics lecturer who used to joke that I was the only student who handed in essays on British Airways… — Sebastian Coe
Teaching the history of the British Empire links in with that of the world: for better and for worse, the Empire made us what we… — Antony Beevor
One of the first things a British visitor to Southern California discovers is that he must have a car. Freeways. Bad public transport. I took… — Christopher Lee
British actors are renowned for being great villains in movies, like Bond films, all the rest of it. — Luke Evans
To find a new British composer who is really good is rare. — Tim Rice
I have no idea what a British sensibility or a British sense of humor is. I have no concept of what that is. I have… — Frank Oz
The way British publishing works is that you go from not being published no matter how good you are, to being published no matter how… — Tibor Fischer
I grew up near the sea in British Columbia and San Francisco, and lived in Malibu and Fiji for years. I get uncomfortable being too… — Raymond Burr
I grew up under the British system, which I think is horrific for children - very, very strict - a system that did not recognize… — Lorraine Toussaint
My story is the story of many postwar British families. Upward mobility. A council house and then new affluence. — Sarah Waters
I think most of my tastes were British, as far as comedy went, when I was growing up. — Scott Adsit
I want to be able to follow the example of those extraordinary British actresses who move effortlessly from film to TV to theatre roles. — Cate Blanchett
Americans assume all British people have at least one servant. — Martin Freeman
It is good to see women doctors and lawyers and executives. I can visualize a woman president. If I were British, I would have supported… — Jim Webb

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