America Quote by Toby Young

Rather than allowing students and teachers to celebrate their success, some would rather we measure success in Britain in terms of failure; that our…

— Wes Streeting

The Americans are so much more positive. They are much more in love with success. In Britain, they're a fairly envious bunch, and they…

— John Cleese

In America, it's quite admirable if someone's done well or been successful at whatever it is. Whereas in Britain, they're not. They only like…

— Aphex Twin

Many people keep deploring the low level of formal education in the United states (as defined by, say, math grades). Yet these fail to…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Both Conservative and Labour politicians in Britain are rather too fond of praising the relative 'classlessness' of American society and of urging their own…

— Linda Colley

I can assure you that the class system is alive and well and living in people's minds in England.

— Jilly Cooper

I don't like class distinction, and there is far too much of that in England.

— Miriam Margolyes

Talking about success in society, no one can complain, because today everyone can choose what he or she wants. They don't just have to…

— Odd Nerdrum

We know that the British public are obsessed with class.

— Lady Colin Campbell

We still retain in Britain a deeper sense of class, a more obvious social stratification, and stronger class resentments, than any of the Scandinavian,…

— Anthony Crosland

Class still matters in Britain today.

— Johnny Vegas

Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be?

— Francesca Annis