British Quote by John Oliver Download Open image “British people would die for their right to drink themselves to death” — John Oliver ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare British British people Comedy Death Dies Drink Funny People
In the course of history many more people have died for their drink and their dope than have died for their religion or their… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I'd rather that England should be free than that England should be compulsorily sober. With freedom we might in the end attain sobriety, but… — William Magee Copy Share Image
Whether or not the world would be vastly benefited by a total banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks seems not now an open… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Alcohol was for people who basically wished to be dead but lacked the courage to kill themselves. — MacDonald Harris Copy Share Image
Would this country be better off if no one drank? Yes, it would be, but we tried that; it doesn't work. I don't want… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
I have always claimed Americans didn't want a drink as bad as they wanted the right to take a drink if they did happen… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
It is sweet and right to die for the homeland, but it is sweeter to live for the homeland, and the sweetest to drink… — Horace Copy Share Image
It would be better that England should be free than that England should be compulsorily sober. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every moderate drinker could abandon the intoxicating cup if he would; every inebriate would if he could. — John Bartholomew Gough Copy Share Image
No longer is drinking an art with Americans; once they drank for the taste, but now they drink only for the effect. The more… — Alice-Leone Moats Copy Share Image
There are many good reasons for drinking, one has just entered my head, if a man doesn't drink when he's living, how the hell… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in socially political, or overtly political, comedy. And I guess I've always liked to channel some kind of personal element… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
I knew I was going to go into the field and make fun of people to their faces. I knew what I was getting… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
Once you learn how to make people laugh, then you get to choose exactly how you want to make them laugh. — John Oliver Copy Share Image
When you see people say crazy things on our show, they mean this stuff,and that's easy to forget: They're not joking. — John Oliver Copy Share Image
I think Americans still can't help but respond to the natural authority of this voice. Deep down they long to be told what to… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
I guess the tone of jokes is often, at best, irreverent, but it always comes from a place of deep love. — John Oliver Copy Share Image
I'm always interested in audience interaction. Not so much aggressive audience interaction - I'm genuinely interested in how people see things. — John Oliver Copy Share Image
I do one accent - my own. I can make it louder or quieter. That is the sum total of my vocal range. I… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
If you work on a comedy show, your basic form of communication is teasing. That's generally how we speak to each other: you communicate… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
Anybody who claims to be excited for April Fools' Day is probably a sociopath. — John Oliver Copy Share Image
I'd love to work in the States; I'd love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play.… — Laura Carmichael Copy Share Image
I shot for French and British Vogue. The British Vogue one featured clothes by Chloe and was shot at Highgate and the John Soane… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
We can find common qualities and common values that have made Britain the country it is. Our belief in tolerance and liberty which shines… — Gordon Brown Copy Share Image
No wonder that Churchill described this effort [the British codebreakers working at Bletchley Park] as "Britian"s secret weapon," a weapon far more effective than… — Peter Hilton Copy Share Image
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
I always wanted to make a 'James Bond' film, and they only seemed to hire British directors, and I'd made 'Swingers' - they were… — Doug Liman Copy Share Image
Somebody said that part of my reaction to British cinema is actually, paradoxically, a patriotic one. I'm so disappointed that we're not better. — Kevin Brownlow Copy Share Image
All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks! — Sade Adu Copy Share Image
British Forces should be in a position to give back in a ten fold measure any attack that the Germans may attempt. — Frederick Banting Copy Share Image
Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion. — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image