British Quotes

1274 British quotes by 897 unique authors

Get rid of the guns. We had the Second Amendment that said you have the right to bear arms. I haven't seen the British really… — Roger Rosenblatt
Among the worst examples is that of the Alberni Indian Residential School (British Columbia) where, during the 1920s, children caught talking Indian suffered the hideous… — Ward Churchill
And what is the reaction of the British politcal class? Well the Lib Dems, still think that the Euro is a success! I don't quiet… — Nigel Farage
British chancellor is telling the rest of Europe it must abandon democracy. It's appalling. — Nigel Farage
But I do not want to use Hungarian verses for British people. — Gyorgy Ligeti
No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as… — Paul Gallico
FAY: The British police force used to be run by men of integrity. TRUSCOTT: That is a mistake which has been rectified. — Joe Orton
I do a real analysis of who actually owns things - it’s the British…the Dutch…then it’s the Arabs…then it’s the French…then it’s the Jews…and then,… — Alex Jones
If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it. — Neville Marriner
I wish more fantasy, especially the dominant fantasy that draws heavily on British and Christian lore, would wrestle with its own ethnospecific nature and what… — Nalo Hopkinson
The great British Library --an immense collection of volumes of all ages and languages, many of which are now forgotten, and most of which are… — Washington Irving
There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either. — James Callaghan
He loved telling stories. He had been everywhere in the world. The northwest frontier, the landscape of the Hindu Kush, was one of the great… — Sebastian Barry
Back in those days, all us skinny white British kids were trying to look cool and sound black. And there was Hendrix, the ultimate in… — Ronnie Wood
The great British blues guitarists of the Sixties - people like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green - could play like virtuosos,… — Joe Perry
The Cayman Islands, a British Crown colony in the Caribbean, for instance, is the fifth largest banking center in the world, — Michel Chossudovsky
I have done my time living on the run. I'm British and I want to come home. — Unknown Author
Biographies of British pop celebrities are terrible. — Mick Jagger
Ferguson argued that British involvement in World War I was unnecessary, far too costly in lives and money for any advantage gained, and a Pyrrhic… — David Harsanyi
How a peaceful, uncrowded place with ample wherewithal stays poor is hard to explain. How a conflict-ridden, grossly over-populated place with no resources whatsoever gets… — P.J. O'Rourke
There are twenty-seven specific complaints against the British Crown set forth in the Declaration of Independence. To modern ears they still sound reasonable...in large part,… — P.J. O'Rourke
Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family. — Roland Joffe
Technically it was a victory for the British, who attacked the patriot fortifications but a Pyrrhic victory if ever there was: out of 2,200 British… — Geoffrey Wheatcroft
The Death Star is just full of British actors opening doors and going,Oh... I... oh... What is it Lieutenant Sebastian? It's just the Rebels, sir...… — Eddie Izzard
The British have an umbilical cord which has never been cut and through which tea flows constantly. It is curious to watch them in times… — Marlene Dietrich

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