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I will venture to say there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit [in London],…

— Samuel Johnson

When the sun shines in Britain there's no finer place on Earth.

— Bill Bailey

I have been told that one of the reasons the astronomers of the world cooperate is the fact that there is no one nation…

— Adlai Stevenson I

On climate change, Britain is leading in Europe.

— Ed Davey

I have found far greater enthusiasm for science in America than here in Britain. There is more enthusiasm for everything in America.

— Stephen Hawking

I think the longer Britain is in Europe the better.

— Billy Connolly

Because of the long, long history of British shipping, immigration, trade, empire, missionaries, you can have a better shot at telling a worldwide story…

— Neil MacGregor

I get the sense that the British do not like to look at things on the bright side of life. Maybe it has something…

— Ana Patricia Botin

An astronomer must be cosmopolitan, because ignorant statesmen cannot be expected to value their services

— Tycho Brahe

The view from space is really very special. From the window, you can look back at the Earth and see the stars around you.…

— Helen Sharman

Britain's got talent, enormous talent; that's very obvious.

— Simon Cowell

People feel that European institutions are remote and bureaucratic, run by shady cosmopolitan elites. Britain is not absolutely exceptional because if you look at…

— Timothy Garton Ash