British Quote by Oscar Wilde Download Open image “The Americans are identical to the British in all respects except, of course, language.” — Oscar Wilde ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare British Courses Identical Language Respect
I think Brits probably feel that Americans are more like us than vice-versa, if that makes sense. Because we get everything American over here… — Hayley Atwell Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks England and America are the same, as we have the same language, but I felt like an alien as an English person… — Jaime Murray Copy Share Image
If you're lucky enough to work with great actors and creative people, they're always just going to be who they are, so I don't… — Josh Dallas Copy Share Image
Americans don't care what your language is, your race is, whatever. Everyone is there to do their own thing and be successful. I wish… — Vinnie Jones Copy Share Image
Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England. — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
England as a culture has endured so much more than America has as a culture, so it's given them a different perspective. — Elizabeth McGovern Copy Share Image
We try to magnify the difference between Americans and the English. In real life they like the same music and dress the same. It's… — Amanda Bynes Copy Share Image
England and America are two countries separated by the same language. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
There are 3 basic differences between we British and you Americans. One, we speak English, and you don't. Two, when we have a "World… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I don't really know what Americans are like. I've no idea. I know a few things about them. In my imagination, they have warm… — Sebastian Horsley Copy Share Image
The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Basil my dear boy puts everything that is charming in him into his work. The consequence is that he has nothing left for life… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“If these elements of beauty are real, the whole thing simply appeals to our sense of dramatic effect. Suddenly we find that we are… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Men always want to be a womans first love. Women have a more subtle instinct: What they like is to be a mans last… — Oscar Wilde 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
While we like to think queueing is unique to British culture, the truth is that we are mere amateurs. The old Soviet Union turned… — Julia Hartley-Brewer Copy Share Image