British Quote by Pamela Druckerman

For me, earnestness is the greatest crime an Englishman can commit.

— Grayson Perry

There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.

— Catherine Drinker Bowen

The English have a heavy hearted way of amusing themselves.

— Maximilien de Bethune, Duke of Sully

It turns out that understanding the British public is not rocket science. The British appreciate honesty and they also have a bonkers, off-the-wall sense…

— Nicole Scherzinger

I like whimsy and satire, and that's what Americans like so much about Brits. We bring subtlety and sense of humor that you sometimes…

— Milo Yiannopoulos

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

As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later

— Alistair Cooke

“Because the whole British thing you have going on makes me want to do very wicked things to your mouth.”

— Christina Lauren

Brits have a peculiar sense of humour. I love it.

— Katie Hopkins

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

— John Fowles

The insular arrogance of the English character is a commonplace joke.

— Goldwin Smith

The British tend to be uptight; they shy away from being tactile.

— Anne Reid