British Quote by Gavin Esler

“England and Britain and the United Kingdom are not the same thing. England is the country. Britain is the island containing England, Scotland, and…

— Maureen Johnson

When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles, - but never England.

— George Mikes

All British people have plain names, and that works pretty well over there.

— Paris Hilton

Like a lot of expatriate Scots, when you want to be called Scottish, it's useful. I see myself as being without nationality, as a…

— Kevin Macdonald

“If countries were named after the words you first hear when you go there, England would have to be called "Damn It".”

— Anonymous

Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton.

— George III

A British imperium enabled Scots to feel themselves peers of the Ebglish in a way still denied them in an island kingdom. The language…

— Linda Colley

I know Im British. I havent spent much time in the U.K., but my parents are British, my family heritage is British, so if…

— Chris Froome

My name means freedom in Irish.

— Saoirse Ronan

I very much consider myself British.

— Ainsley Harriott

“Some other facts I picked up: Welsh is an actual, currently used language and our next-door neighbours Angela and Gaenor spoke it. It sounds…

— Maureen Johnson

I was born in Northern Ireland, also known as Ulster, and I'm Scots-Irish, therefore.

— Jocelyn Bell Burnell