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British Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
- 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…
- 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,…
- We have the British motor industry as a role model for what happens when you try to save an industrial dinosaur. Britain was the first…
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- London has fine museums, the British Library is one of the greatest library institutions in the world... It's got everything you want,… — David Attenborough
- When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched… — Chinua Achebe
- For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms. — Gerry Adams
- I love British humor. It's just so - surreal. — Beck
- The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians. — Tony Benn
- On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we… — Kate Adie
- All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No… — Sade Adu
- I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have… — Orlando Bloom
- But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was… — Bono
- We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to the Internet, whether it be through a… — Richard Branson
- We've always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways... It's lasted now about 14 years, and we're very… — Richard Branson
- The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on… — Louise Brown