Britain Quote by Sara Sheridan Download Open image ““Britain wouldn’t have won the war without its eccentric geniuses.”” — Sara Sheridan ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Britain Eccentricity Genius War
“But the superiority of the British is that it is a matter of complete indifference to them if they appear to be stupid.” — Margaret MacMillan Copy Share Image
“And what if Britain lost? There would be a financial crisis, unemployment, and destitution. Working-class men would take up Ethel’s father’s cry and say… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
“Emerson abandoned irony for blunt and passionate speech. 'This war has been a monumental blunder from the start! Britain is not solely responsible, but… — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
“No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb bastard… — George S. Patton Jr Copy Share Image
“We don't want genius in this country unless it is accompanied by respectability.” — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
“Haw! Haw! Inconceivable stupidity is just what you're going to get! (Brigadier-General Henry Wilson, on being challenged in 1910 about the likelihood of a… — Max Hastings Copy Share Image
This arch-liar today shows that Britain never was in a position to wage war alone. This gabbler, this drunkard Churchill. And then his accomplice… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“No b****** ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb b****** die for his… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
Everyone assumes writers spend their time lounging around, writing and occasionally striking a pose whilst having a think. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Kissing her is like drinking salted water, he thinks. His thirst only increases.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Those who have not been stung will hardly fear a bee the same as those who have. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in reading and writing since the advent of the Gutenberg press.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The sky was a sparkling succession of black diamonds on black velvet made crystal clear by the blackout. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
History is full of blank spaces, but good stories, invariably, are not. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“The mass communications that could enable our politics for good have instead turned it into a bland conglomeration of stinted opinion cloaked in the… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I've found myself moved by letters and diaries in archives as well as trashy, summer blockbusters. It's possible to make a connection with any… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective. I dumped science at an early age. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Crime writers, I've noticed, can be jumpy. They live in a world where there are murderers on the loose and they haven't been caught… — Sara Sheridan 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
In Britain, the press want to kill a show by revealing what's coming up and spoiling the pleasure. — Hugh Bonneville Copy Share Image
It is time Britain put its trust back into the Labour Party. I believe I am the candidate that can make this happen precisely… — Diane Abbott Copy Share Image
The establishment in Britain is certainly against the arts and against education. If something doesn't make a profit, it's invalid, and art doesn't make… — Peter Maxwell Davies Copy Share Image
We from every religion feel comfortable in Britain because there is a host. The Church of England is a good host, it has been… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not naturally corporate people; they disliked… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
As for whether what happened in Britain improves[Donald] Trump's chances of winning, I don't think so. He has the same chances; we may just… — Christopher Michael Cillizza Copy Share Image
It was very hard breaking into the film industry in Britain. I had been to art school, and I was painting and doing commercials.… — Tony Scott Copy Share Image
Germany has always stood for an E.U. of the 27 countries. But in light of Britain's continued resistance to further integration steps, as we… — Wolfgang Schauble Copy Share Image
Heartless though it may seem to some, among the least harmful things to eat are sustainably culled wild animals. In the absence of natural… — Tristram Stuart Copy Share Image