British Quotes
1274 British quotes by 897 unique authors
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There is a certain advantage to the British accent. I do notice that Americans love it; they think the we Brits are smarter than perhaps…
— Piers Morgan
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Americans are a lot more open, of course. There's something more declamatory in the way you express emotions. It's a stereotype but it's true. British…
— Emily Blunt
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I'd rather do theater and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films.
— Kate Winslet
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I think sensitive is the wrong description of me. I'm British, actually, so quite bad at expressing myself in conversation, as any ex-girlfriend will tell…
— James Blunt
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According to the British Journal of Psychiatry, marijuana can cause panic attacks. I don't know . . . The only time I have ever seen…
— Jay Leno
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I'm not Tom Cruise. Very few British actors are. If you look at the body of work I've done it's pretty obvious I'm not going…
— Jude Law
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Between Clive Owen winning at the Golden Globes and the British Academy announcing its nominations, of which Sideways received only one, I'm feeling pretty humbled…
— Thomas Haden Church
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The British are coming, the British are coming! Mr. President! We need the National Guard! We need as many men as you can spare because…
— Shannon Sharpe
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I was shocked by the amount of Welsh people in L.A. We'd go to this British pub to watch the 'Six Nations' early in the…
— Matthew Rhys
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When I was in England doing Romeo and Juliet as a child star, I was interviewed by the British press, who are even more vicious…
— Claire Bloom
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I guess I came to terms with my demons. Or else I'd be in big trouble, wouldn't I? Horrifying as it was to crack up…
— Margot Kidder
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I had been in a film, playing a young British aristocrat. My wife told me that she was invited to a dinner and she invited…
— Michael York
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I am very shy. If I am flying British Airways and the airhostess asks me two questions, and I don’t understand her accent – I…
— Shahrukh Khan
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I read all the books on Fairfax in the British Library, did a lot of horse riding and studied military tactics of the time, finding…
— Dougray Scott
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Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think thats because we were trained - until now - in theatre.
— Brenda Blethyn
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We Scots have a fierce pride in the things we do that others can never appreciate. I am the British No. 1, but I would…
— Andy Murray
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I understand how much everyone wanted to see a British winner at Wimbledon and I hope everyone enjoyed it. I worked so hard in that…
— Andy Murray
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Canada is the linchpin of the English-speaking world. Canada, with those relations of friendly, affectionate intimacy with the United States on the one hand and…
— Winston Churchill
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These two great organisations of the English-speaking democracies, the British Empire and the United States, will have to be somewhat mixed up together in some…
— Winston Churchill
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I wanted to acknowledge my U.S. heritage and to belong to it more closely. Having said that I am certainly British by formation and education…
— Jamie Bamber
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I feel like Ive been engaged to the British Empire since 1980 and tonight you have given me the ring knighthood.
— Steven Spielberg
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I once bought an old car back after I sold it because I missed it so much and I had forgotten that it never ran.…
— Connie Chung
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I feel more Irish than English. I feel freer than British, more visceral, with a love of language. Shot through with fire in some way.…
— Kenneth Branagh
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Rumors went round that I might be gay. In some ways, I was happy w/ this. Larry Rivers proved to me that a gay man…
— Pete Townshend
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And this indifference is still very much present in modern South Africa. Just listen to Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer - a representative of the…
— Nadine Gordimer
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