Back Quote by James May

When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting…

— Benjamin Disraeli

I just want to be a normal lad and not known as 'that bloke off the telly.'

— Kelvin Fletcher

Our collection of men is very antique, they stand in my list thus: A man of sense, a little rusty, a beau a good…

— Elizabeth Montagu

This man [Chesterfield], I thought, had been a Lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among Lords.

— Samuel Johnson

It is invidious to distinguish particular men as adventurers: we are all such.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

In our day-to-day lives we're not very introspective - especially not British northern blokes.

— Ant McPartlin

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being; the American wants to be considered…

— Louis Kronenberger

'Normal bloke' is my style.

— James May

Man has the supreme knack of deceiving himself; the Englishman is supremest among men.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I don't think about being the Colin Firth of the gardening world. I live a very insular world based around my family and my…

— Monty Don

In great literature, I become a thousand different men but still remain myself.

— Anonymous

There's nothing the British like better than a bloke who comes from nowhere, makes it, and then gets clobbered.

— Melvyn Bragg