Maturity Quote by John O'Sullivan

I mean, the thing is, is that Britain has got a great tradition of irreverent political satire.

— Ash Sarkar

“Britain: the land of embarrassment and breakfast.”

— Julian Barnes

The dominant type of humor in the '60s was essentially defensive and self-deprecating, using humor as a shield.

— P. J. O'Rourke

The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has been considered…

— Theodore Zeldin

Britain is perceived as a laughing stock and a mess. It's a very scary and divided place.

— Russell Howard

“It makes me sick,the blindness, deadness, out-of-dateness, stodginess and, yes, sheer jealous malice of the great bulk of England.”

— John Fowles

I suppose I miss the British cynicism and the humor.

— Rod Stewart

The ability for us to laugh at ourselves is Britain's saving grace.

— Martin Parr

“The characteristic tone of the ’60s was that of overweening confidence: we knew just how to fix the world. It was this note of…

— Tony Judt

“Humor is just Schadenfreude with a clear conscience”

— Nietzsche

British people have a really sophisticated sense of humour, because we're exposed to much more than Europeans and Americans, not least in our literary…

— Frankie Boyle

Britain's a funny place and there's a lot of funny people coming out of there and a lot of people are finding mediums to…

— Brendan Coyle