Before Quote by Richard Flanagan

“those parts of the British Isles without the advantage of coal deposits or ports, industrialization was as handicapped as in other countries.”

— Thomas Sowell

For William Cecil and others in Elizabeth's Council, whose sense of Catholic conspiracy and threat governed their political thinking, England's security lay in the…

— Susan Brigden

The British Isles are awash with the choice of beautiful historic churches, abbeys, and cathedrals where one king or another has tied the knot…

— Tina Brown

'A Naval History of Britain' which begins in the 7th century has to explain what it means by Britain. My meaning is simply the…

— Nicholas Rodger

Why there has been a great many studies of the hundreds of stone circles to be found on the British Isles?

— Anonymous

Without history we are infants. Ask what binds the British Isles more closely to America than to Europe and only history gives a reply.…

— Simon Jenkins

It is equality of monotony which makes the strength of the British Isles.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

When I was younger, I was in love with everything about the British Isles, from British folklore to Celtic music. That was always where…

— Terri Windling

Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which doesn't.

— Stephen Leacock

If the British Isles had an official vegetable, it would have to be the potato.

— Yotam Ottolenghi

When people say England, they sometimes mean Great Britain, sometimes the United Kingdom, sometimes the British Isles, - but never England.

— George Mikes

Targeted marketing has existed for as long as there's been marketing.

— Brad Parscale