Quotes about British

Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle. Votes: 6

The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians. Votes: 5

I know the British people and they are not passengers - they are drivers. Votes: 5

The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years. Votes: 5

The British electors will not vote for a man who does not wear a hat. Votes: 5

The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends. Votes: 5

To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukaemia with leeches. Votes: 5

To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity. Votes: 5

Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which doesn't. Votes: 5

I was determined that no British government should be brought down by the action of two tarts. Votes: 5

I have done my time living on the run. I'm British and I want to come home. Votes: 5

The most conservative man in this world is the British trade unionist when you want to change him. Votes: 5

If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum. Votes: 5

Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family. Votes: 5

In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair. Votes: 5

Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest. Votes: 4

British women can't cook. Votes: 3

The British are so funny. Votes: 3

Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatlemania. Votes: 3

I'm British; pessimism is my wheelhouse. Votes: 3

I love British female directors lately. Votes: 3

British teams bring me good luck. Votes: 3

I love London and British women. Votes: 3

The British people are the boss. Votes: 3

I grew up with British rock. Votes: 3

I am Scottish. I am also British. Votes: 3

The Billy Carter of the British monarchy. Votes: 3

The British government is a murder machine, Votes: 3

The biggest looters are the British Museum. Votes: 3

British people are surprised that I'm British! Votes: 3

The British public sees with blinding clarity. Votes: 3

British girls are as temperamental as Americans. Votes: 3

The British have always made terrible parents. Votes: 3

Biographies of British pop celebrities are terrible. Votes: 3

I don't have a good British accent. Votes: 3

I grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. Votes: 3

I'm just an enormous British comedy fan. Votes: 3

I'm quite a fan of British designers. Votes: 3

I would rather be British than just. Votes: 3

It's celebrated in British culture to be eccentric. Votes: 3

I'd be quite excited to play somebody British. Votes: 3

Sinn Fein say, "The British government are buggers". Votes: 3

I do not wish disaster to British arms. Votes: 3

Be blind. Be stupid. Be British. Be careful. Votes: 3

I give no more paroles to British officers. Votes: 3

Anything said in upper-crust British automatically sounded intelligent. Votes: 3

You are part of our Great British family. Votes: 3

I love London, I love the British people. Votes: 3

The British cinema had been very dull and conformist. Votes: 3

Hating Britain is a fundamental part of being British Votes: 3

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society. Votes: 3

A British villain never loses their sense of humour. Votes: 3

I really appreciate the British part of my family. Votes: 3

The British have always coped without becoming a dictatorship. Votes: 3

I am now a commander of the British Empire. Votes: 3

I'd like to helm my own series. Something British. Votes: 3

The British needlewoman follows blindly where the merchant leads. Votes: 3

I think, British food, it's had a bad rap. Votes: 3

The British love permanence more than they love beauty. Votes: 3

I love British humor. It's just so - surreal. Votes: 3

I don't feel the cold. It's my British blood! Votes: 3

I support British designers as much as I can. Votes: 3

I grew up watching British comedy on TV, really. Votes: 3

My favourite men's clothes are like Victorian British clothing. Votes: 3

Someday, I'll make a movie with a British accent. Votes: 3

The British people, being subject to fogs, require grave statesmen. Votes: 3

To destroy Christianity, we must first destroy the British Empire. Votes: 3

Americans assume all British people have at least one servant. Votes: 3

We had our British background of traditional theatre behind us. Votes: 3

The British soldier who thought himself superior, actually became so. Votes: 3

I don't think the British carry a historical consciousness either. Votes: 3

Chicken Tikka Massala is now a true British national dish Votes: 3

Sometimes the British press is maybe a little bit racist. Votes: 3

My mind may be American but my heart is British. Votes: 3

Most British newspapers now have more columns than the Acropolis Votes: 3

However British you may be, I am more British still. Votes: 3

American audiences tend to be more expressive than British ones. Votes: 3

It was part of your religion to hate the British. Votes: 3

I do feel a certain love from the British public. Votes: 3

What? Don't British women know how to use their knees? Votes: 3

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish Votes: 3

I am certainly not racist; I even like the British. Votes: 3

I suppose I miss the British cynicism and the humor. Votes: 3

Don't let the American accent fool you. I am British. Votes: 3

The maxim of the British people is; Business as Usual! Votes: 3

The English country house is certainly an icon of British culture. Votes: 3

It's quite true of everything: the British accent does open doors. Votes: 3

British Beatitudes! ... Beer, beef, business, bibles, bulldogs, battleships, buggery and bishops. Votes: 3

Most white Americans only discovered the blues with the British invasion. Votes: 3

If people don't like Marxism, they should blame the British Museum. Votes: 3

British society has never been cleansed of the filth of imperialism. Votes: 3

Like the British constitution, cricket was not made: it has 'grown'. Votes: 3

The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. Votes: 3

THE British are brave people. They can face anything, except reality. Votes: 3

Aboriginal people have much to celebrate in this country's British heritage Votes: 3

That's a true actor's nightmare: "Improvise in British sign language. Go." Votes: 3

My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors. Votes: 3

Women didn't have rights. Under British common law, women were property. Votes: 3

Most white Americans only discovered the blues with the British invasion." Votes: 3

We were German-Americans in a British colony, so we were outsiders. Votes: 3

British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained. Votes: 3

Although I'm living in California, I'm very proud to be British. Votes: 3

I think you can look at the British economy with confidence. Votes: 3

I'm very proud to be British, and my brand is British. Votes: 3

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators. Votes: 3

I'm actually going in to ER as the new British intern. Votes: 3

The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin. Votes: 3

I didn't know he was dead; I thought he was British. Votes: 3

Gorgonised me from head to foot With a stony British stare. Votes: 3

My folks were English . . . we were too poor to be British. Votes: 3

rain is one thing the British do better than anybody else. Votes: 3

Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay! Votes: 3

I'm not going to make general comments about the British press. Votes: 3

Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that. Votes: 3

During school, I'd advertise cars in the University of British Columbia newspaper. Votes: 3

My unbeaten record and the 10 British Open wins have not been equalled. Votes: 3

My unbeaten record and the 10 British Open wins have not been equalled. Votes: 3

I'm really inspired by British style, like Kate Moss and Sienna Miller. Votes: 3

The skills of the British intelligence community are a great national asset. Votes: 3

We know British Muslims in general abhor the actions of the extremists. Votes: 3

In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running. Votes: 3

The British are coming. One if by land, two if by sea. Votes: 3

British politicians used to be good at misleading people without actually lying. Votes: 3

I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated. Votes: 3

Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict. Votes: 3

The British civil service ... is a beautifully designed and effective braking mechanism. Votes: 3

I'd like to film a British commercial; they're better than American ones. Votes: 3

The British government needs to bring its system in Ireland under control. Votes: 3

At the moment the British Common-wealth is a Commonwealth of White nation. Votes: 3

My attitude towards the British is one of utter friendliness and respect. Votes: 3

The British public has always had an unerring taste for ungifted amateurs. Votes: 3

The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun. Votes: 3

Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French. Votes: 3

I know too much about British politics to comment on British politics. Votes: 3

There is a profound and ineradicable taint of antisemitism in the British. Votes: 3

British people would die for their right to drink themselves to death Votes: 3

I've always just had a great feeling for London and British people. Votes: 3

In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America. Votes: 3

I think that British girls have a very eclectic and unique style. Votes: 3

But I do not want to use Hungarian verses for British people. Votes: 3

A British declaration be taken against Martinez for 'capturing and robbing us. Votes: 3

I loved history, particularly of the British, American and Old Testament kind. Votes: 3

Yes, I won the Bafta. I thought the British were very intelligent. Votes: 3

The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe. Votes: 3

I just wear what I like and lots of it is British, Votes: 3

The ancillary aspect of every British city now is the council estate. Votes: 3

People think that I live in England and have a British accent. Votes: 3

You can be many things if you are British and still belong. Votes: 3

To arms, to arms! The British are coming, the British are coming! Votes: 3

It is not polite for a Russian to interfere in British politics. Votes: 3

It had always been a British preoccupation to hold this mile record. Votes: 3

No treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum Votes: 3

The British invasion certainly made a lot of noise in the record industry. Votes: 3

As an undergraduate I majored in British and American literature at Rice University. Votes: 3

The British were sporting. They would accept a fight under almost all conditions. Votes: 3

I was a section commander in the parachute regiment [in the British army]. Votes: 3

All British people have plain names, and that works pretty well over there. Votes: 3

I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste. Votes: 3

I have never, ever sought validation from the arbiters of British poetic taste, Votes: 3

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. Votes: 3

When it comes to meals, there's always a fantastic choice on British Airways. Votes: 3

The British playwright Nina Raine is one of her generation's most promising talents. Votes: 3

I don't enjoy British shows as a rule because British audiences are strange. Votes: 3

I am confident that the British people will not be intimidated by terrorism. Votes: 3

Now, the magic of British parks at night, as Bill Oddie presents.. Gaywatch. Votes: 3

I understand why there's a natural suspicion of the "Next Big British Band." Votes: 3

...in rebellion against the typical British-type dry flies, I created the Wulff series. Votes: 3

Actually, the British boarding school experience turns out to be not that exotic. Votes: 3

India is less manly under the British rule than she ever was before. Votes: 3

The Indian struggle is not anti-British, it is anti-exploitation, anti-foreign rule, not anti-foreigners. Votes: 3

It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it. Votes: 3

British politics, as the world knows, is a joke. Yet it's rarely funny. Votes: 3

So, how is the British invasion going? Has he invaded your hoohah yet?" Votes: 3

The British like any kind of music so long as it is loud. Votes: 3

My love of the British is equal to that of my own people. Votes: 3

The British press has been unfair to me and the public has followed. Votes: 3

Am going to cook shepherd's pie for them all - British home cooking. Votes: 3

The Jews might become the dynamite that will blow up the British Empire. Votes: 3

There's nothing worse than the British in one of their fits of morality. Votes: 3

I'm not as big a soccer fan as people might imagine, being British. Votes: 3

Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British. Votes: 3

I can make your tears fall down like the showers that are British. Votes: 3

It is equality of monotony which makes the strength of the British Isles. Votes: 3

I think the British people have a strong sense of what is fair. Votes: 3

I do consider myself British. I have very strong feelings about my British heritage. Votes: 3

British aren't really known for their physical loveliness but firemen, generally speaking, are gorgeous. Votes: 3

When the weather's good, there's no better place to be than the British countryside. Votes: 3

Primary responsibility for Brexit lies with British conservatives, who took an entire continent hostage. Votes: 3

Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records Votes: 3

Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records. Votes: 3

I'm getting comfortable with West Coast style, which is more laid-back than British style. Votes: 3

The Americans are identical to the British in all respects except, of course, language. Votes: 3

If these theatres didn't exist, the tradition of British theatre would cease to exist. Votes: 3

The only thing that could possibly save British politics would be Margaret Thatcher's assassin. Votes: 3

The British Government and the Irish Government have accepted very clearly the Mitchell Report. Votes: 3

I really like Roland Moret, Alexander McQueen and Marios Schwab, a young British designer. Votes: 3

I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry. Votes: 3

Home will always be London. There's something unique about the British. It's about cheekiness. Votes: 3

American science is much more organized, much more hierarchical than British science has been. Votes: 3

We must do our utmost to preserve our British ally's strategic independence from Europe. Votes: 3

It's weathered many a storm, but the British film industry is, thankfully, still afloat. Votes: 3

Foreign students add cultural value to their British peers, who need an international outlook. Votes: 3

Our nonviolence vis-а-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak. Votes: 3

The British ministry can read that name without spectacles; let them double their reward. Votes: 3

Home will always be London. Theres something unique about the British. Its about cheekiness. Votes: 3

Wayne McGregor's 'Dyad 1929' is a good example of this capable British choreographer's work. Votes: 3

British chancellor is telling the rest of Europe it must abandon democracy. It's appalling. Votes: 3

The young British players need to take responsibility themselves for their form and ability. Votes: 3

British and American women have very different styles and a different way of living. Votes: 3

We can only use British actors because everybody's got to talk exactly the same. Votes: 3

If the British are a nation of shopkeepers, Americans are a nation of shoppers. Votes: 3

The British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers. Votes: 3

The British Army should be a projectile to be fired by the British Navy. Votes: 3

I'm British. I don't really have access to my emotions on a daily basis. Votes: 3

The Irish and British, they love satire, its a large part of the culture. Votes: 3

I have a theory that the people who cook in jails are British chefs. Votes: 3

The Irish and British, they love satire, it's a large part of the culture. Votes: 3

I'm a big fan of 'The Office', both the British and the American versions. Votes: 3

The best research for playing a drunk is being a British actor for 20 years Votes: 3

British films are all "room with a view and a staircase and a pond." Votes: 3

Perhaps British TV companies don't want women my age on screen. I don't know. Votes: 3

I always joke that I'm a British actress trying to break into Scandinavian TV. Votes: 3

If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British. Votes: 3

The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters. Votes: 3

The only silver lining I can find is that British accents aren't sexy anymore. Votes: 3

Jihad is becoming as American as apple pie and as British as afternoon tea. Votes: 3

We only need to wear shoes because the British built roads which hurt our feet. Votes: 3

It's estimated that by 2030 there will be virtually no unskilled jobs in the British economy. Votes: 3

I guess it started in London, the night our dad blew up the British museum. Votes: 3

I love British voicing and British humour in general. I'm a huge Ricky Gervais fan. Votes: 3

No British politician has ever been more despised by the British people than Margaret Thatcher. Votes: 3

I've never felt British. I'm just not interested in national identity. I don't know why. Votes: 3

I've never watched reality shows, except for the Great British Bake Off, which is magnificent. Votes: 3

I am not talking to anyone in the British media - they are all pricks. Votes: 3

As a kid in British Columbia, going back a long way, I learned to skate. Votes: 3

Yes here's to the founding fathers—slave-owners, British citizens who didn't want to pay taxes... Votes: 3

Julie Andrews has a wonderful British strength that makes you wonder why they lost India. Votes: 3

British innovation in design, in the creative arts, in engineering and manufacturing is world class. Votes: 3

The way to bring out the best in the British people is to attack them. Votes: 3

British scientists have demonstrated that cigarettes can harm your children. Fair enough. Use an ashtray! Votes: 3

The British happened to the rest of the world. Now the world happens to Britain. Votes: 3

The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis. Votes: 3

I love punk, I love a lot of British Invasion bands, I love garage bands." Votes: 3

More than 13,000 Malaysians travel to the U.K. to study in British universities every year. Votes: 3

There would never have been a British Ballet without Diaghilev. He had a wonderful influence Votes: 3

I love punk, I love a lot of British Invasion bands, I love garage bands. Votes: 3

The avian influenza found in mainland British Columbia poses no significant threat to human health. Votes: 3

To look at and properly appreciate the British Museum is the work of a lifetime. Votes: 3

It is no longer acceptable in British politics to be fat or eccentric or religious. Votes: 3

I like the fact that I have good old-fashioned British teeth with a big gap. Votes: 3

I am a caricature of what British science is about in the way I work. Votes: 3

It sometimes occurs to me that the British have more heritage than isgood for them. Votes: 3

No British politician has ever been more despised by the British people than Margaret Thatcher. Votes: 3

I lived for a year in Scotland. British sign language is very different from American. Votes: 3

I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British. Votes: 3

Swimming in the cold and the dark of British autumn is not for the faint-hearted. Votes: 3

You can't generalise about an entire country, but I like the energy of British men. Votes: 3

No British Government ever will and ever can risk the bones of a British grenadier. Votes: 3

The place was so British, I wouldn't have been surprised if the mice wore monocles. Votes: 3

I'd like to apologise to the British people for the state our politics is in. Votes: 3

The British electors will not vote for a man who does not wear a hat. Votes: 3

If the British Isles had an official vegetable, it would have to be the potato. Votes: 3

The parallel development in American blues to the British movement has resulted in Johnny Winters. Votes: 3

I claim to have been a lifelong and wholly disinterested friend of the British people. Votes: 3

The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America. Votes: 3

I am addicted to 'Vogue' magazines, be they French, British - I adore, adore, adore. Votes: 3

The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. Votes: 3

Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach. Votes: 3

Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. Votes: 3

At sea let the British their neighbors defy-The French shall have frigates to traverse the sky. Votes: 3

The British are so incestuous. They pass around partners like they're passing popcorn at a movie. Votes: 3

I've never been embedded with American soldiers or British soldiers or Iraqi soldiers or any other. Votes: 3

I'm British, so obviously I repress any powerful emotions of any kind in relation to anything. Votes: 3

American grammar doesn't have the sturdiness of British grammar, but it has its own scruffy charm. Votes: 3

I think you know that I classify science as British science, American science, and everybody else. Votes: 3

Cheap as chips, cheap as chips, it's a British expression. There's no couture in their darling. Votes: 3

Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure. Votes: 3

Dad loved movies, and I grew up with British comedy. My ultimate favourite is Peter Sellers. Votes: 3

Let everyone leave all the guns - British guns and Irish guns - outside the door. Votes: 3

If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it. Votes: 3

Amazing what the British do with language; the nuances of politeness. The world's great diplomats, surely. Votes: 3

All British castles and old country homes are supposed to be haunted. It's in the lease. Votes: 3

The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa. Votes: 3

The British government - any government - is potentially the worst [architectural] client in the world. Votes: 3

I'm British - ostensibly British - but I don't know where I really belong, you know? Votes: 3

I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war. Votes: 3

Yes, ruling by fooling, is a great British art with great Irish fools to practice on. Votes: 3

I wil not compare the education of an ancient Spartan with that of a British nobleman. Votes: 3

Well, I'm British. I'm proud to be British and I love this country. I'm going nowhere. Votes: 3

An excellent introduction to the rise and fall of the British Raj, accurate, succinct, and engaging. Votes: 3

The British may not know much about music, but they certainly loves the noise it makes. Votes: 3

He made an enormous contribution to British politics in opposition and in government [on Robin Cook] Votes: 3

Can't' will be the epitaph of the British Empire - unless we wake up in time. Votes: 3

A few British suffragettes everybody laughed at started the cause of equality between men and women. Votes: 3

The British countryside is threatened by people and interests who really do not care for it Votes: 3

The British actors I've met and worked with have all been very supportive of each other. Votes: 3

The Bradshaws suggests an extraordinary civilisation that existed long before modern man reached the British Isles. Votes: 3

Being British, I don't really have a way of expressing myself in conversation. Music transcends language. Votes: 3

Before Cliff (Richard) and The Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music. Votes: 3

British crime stories tend to be very internal, psychological, claustrophobic, very limited in terms of geography. Votes: 3

In the days before the vote, I bet that the British would stay in the EU. Votes: 3

I am very happy to be part of European and world cinema as a British filmmaker. Votes: 3

Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian. Votes: 3

Katie McGrath got me hooked on the 'Great British Bake Off.' It's ruining my life. Votes: 3

British Conservatives base their entire approach to politics on the rule of law, and rightly so. Votes: 3

I would like my personal reading map to resemble a map of the British Empire circa 1900. Votes: 3

I've always worked on the fringe of the British press establishment, carving out this niche for myself. Votes: 3

The American audiences are more vocal and enthusiastic. British audiences tend to sit back a little more. Votes: 3

There are no countries in the world less known by the British than those selfsame British Islands. Votes: 3

I don't think the United States has done anything whatsoever to merit any criticism by the British. Votes: 3

America is replicated at every level of British life, from the taxi driver to the prime minister. Votes: 3

Our [British] summers are often, though beautiful for verdure, so cold, that they are rather cold winters. Votes: 3

I think the good old British democracy should keep scrutinising and pressing to get the truth out. Votes: 3

My conception of dominion status implies present ability to severe the British connection if I wish to. Votes: 3

I think the British audience might be more open-minded with some of my imagery and weird choices. Votes: 3

I think that young British designers have a kind of fearlessness in they way they approach fashion. Votes: 3

The British judiciary is one of the most corrupt in the world because of politically active judges. Votes: 3

It is fundamental to socialism that we should liquidate the British Empire as soon as we can Votes: 3

I had a prejudice against the British until I discovered that fifty percent of them were female. Votes: 3

The British are the only people in history crass enough to have made revolutionaries out of Americans. Votes: 3

When you are lying drunk at the airport you're Irish. When you win an Oscar you're British. Votes: 3

There will be no more British guys. Unless they are members of the royal family, of course. Votes: 3

If we don't stop behaving like the British Empire, we will end up like the British Empire. Votes: 3

I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press. Votes: 3

I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old. Votes: 3

The Monarchy...is the secret well from which the flourishing institution of British Snobbery draws its nourishment Votes: 3

I love London. I would move here. I like British people; everybody is so down to earth. Votes: 3

British shows, especially on a first commission, don't get the cash that the U.S. shows get. Votes: 3

...the reality of intelligent British speech... uses blasphemus, coital and cloacal expletives as a matter of course. Votes: 3

I can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production. Votes: 3

If there be a God, I think he would like me to paint Africa British-Red as possible. Votes: 3

We must prevent a criminal understanding between the Fascist aggressors and the British and French imperialist clique. Votes: 3

Any golfer worth his salt has to cross the sea and try to win the British Open. Votes: 3

I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good. Votes: 3

Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times. Votes: 3

On the whole, British actors star in theater, and I think there's something quite grounding about that. Votes: 3

Shakespeare's language does not require a British accent. It requires a facility with language, and that's all. Votes: 3

The British health care system is a blueprint for the failure of Obamacare, as it is structured. Votes: 3

I love the fact British men act cool whatever the situation so I'm planning to recruit there. Votes: 3

The British prime minister will want to have a strong and positive relationship with European leaders always. Votes: 3

I mean, I think in the early days we were pretty... pretty British in our entertainment leads. Votes: 3

What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule. Votes: 3

Socialism has been preached for so long, the British people no longer have any sense of personal responsibility. Votes: 3

It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom & passion. Votes: 3

There just seems to be more acceptance now of other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones. Votes: 3

I guess my guilty pleasure would be listening to the British audio versions of the 'Harry Potter' books. Votes: 3

There just seems to be more acceptance now of... other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones. Votes: 3

I must fight unto the death the unholy attempt to impose British methods and British institutions on India. Votes: 3

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived. Votes: 3

There is no more striking illustration of the immobility of British institutions than the House of Commons. Herbert Votes: 3

There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual. Votes: 3

Mrs. Patrick Cambell is an aged British battleship sinking rapidly and firing every available gun on her rescuers. Votes: 3

My first British film was Gurinder Chadha's 'Bend It Like Beckham,' which was a huge international success. Votes: 3

I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics. Votes: 3

The British secret service was staffed at one point almost entirely by alcoholic homosexuals working for the KGB Votes: 3

Christianity in India is inextricably mixed up for the last hundred and fifty years with the British rule. Votes: 3

Having grown up in the Middle East, eating beans for breakfast always seemed like a bizarre British eccentricity. Votes: 3

I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course. Votes: 3

Anyone that knows me knows what I'm about, and I'm very much a British actor, a European actor. Votes: 3

The British fans are very intense, maybe even more so than fans in the U.S.! They're great. Votes: 3

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality. Votes: 3

British actors are renowned for being great villains in movies, like Bond films, all the rest of it. Votes: 3

I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chairman of the British Fashion Council. Votes: 3

I have a British passport, but the rest of my family have Indian passports, and I am Indian. Votes: 3

You are a member of the British royal family. We are never tired, and we all love hospitals. Votes: 3

He's not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John) Votes: 3

I go out with a lot of British people. Some of them say I sound a little tipsy. Votes: 3

The idea of exposing the British public to the full breadth of my personality isn't a good one. Votes: 3

For over 30 years, the IRA showed that the British government could not rule Ireland on its own terms. Votes: 3

British actors are pretty good, by and large, at turning on at 'action' and off at 'cut.' Votes: 3

Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man! Votes: 3

Every empire has to get sucked down the drain. As a British person, I know how it feels. Votes: 3

I love 'Monty Python,' 'Black Adder,' 'Fawlty Towers.' I'm a huge fan of British comedy. Votes: 3

I like to be comfortable, but I do enjoy being a British gent and dressing up a bit. Votes: 3

I'm not at all fed up with British films, but I am fed up with playing upper-class people. Votes: 3

I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in Spanish, of course Votes: 3

Maybe if I was British, a semi-final would be incredible. I'd be on the front page of the paper. Votes: 3

To me, British fashion has a story. It has history, and I feel it's very much about our culture. Votes: 3

I think the British learn their history through the prism of this gallery of grotesques known as the royals. Votes: 3

Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats." Votes: 3

My parents are Italian and British. They live in Berkeley now - we all moved there four years ago. Votes: 3

I have won the Australian, I won the British, all PGA championships, but I haven't won the PGA championship. Votes: 3

The British keep employing me, and that makes me like them. It also makes me think they're very intelligent. Votes: 3

Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats. Votes: 3

Tip to all British tabloids: Do Not Hack Amy Winehouse's Phone. I repeat: Do Not Hack Amy Winehouse's Phone. Votes: 3

There's nothing the British like better than a bloke who comes from nowhere, makes it, and then gets clobbered. Votes: 3

It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion. Votes: 3

I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing. Votes: 3

I think British science is becoming more like American science - and then there is everybody else, I'm afraid. Votes: 3

Britain is the only colony in the British Empire and it is up to us now to liberate ourselves. Votes: 3

Most British statesmen have either drunk too much or womanised too much. I never fell into the second category. Votes: 3

When a man wants to write a book full of unassailable facts, he always goes to the British Museum. Votes: 3

I have to say as an actor I have been inspired by so many British actors throughout the years. Votes: 3

Being pretty crazy while being chased by the National Enquirer is not good. The British tabloids were the worst. Votes: 3

My story is the story of many postwar British families. Upward mobility. A council house and then new affluence. Votes: 3

I know there are some people in British Columbia who are still holding a vigil for '3rd Rock'. Votes: 3

I love that pre-mod jazz look of the late Fifties, the Steve McQueen style that influenced the British modernists. Votes: 3

The people who tend to raise antiwar slogans will do so generally when it's American or British interests involved. Votes: 3

The United States may have retained more of the intellectual imprint of the British 18th century than Britain itself. Votes: 3

Everyone knows that the Zionist regime is a tool in the hands of the United States and British governments. Votes: 3

My father is Jewish, and I look exactly like him My mother is British, but she's of French extraction. Votes: 3

British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target. Votes: 3

Thus I got into my bones the essential structure of the ordinary British sentence, which is a noble thing. Votes: 3

There is not a power in Europe, no not even Bonaparte's that is so unlimited [as the British monarchy]. Votes: 3

I have been long associated with British music. I have favoured it as my alternate music next to American. Votes: 3

In British culture, redheads get teased at school. But I've grown up enough to realize I love my hair. Votes: 3

The United States can tell you all about what's wrong with the British, to say nothing of the Russians. Votes: 3

A lot of my male vocal influences are British - people like David Bowie, Freddie Mercury and Robert Plant. Votes: 3

My father is Jewish, and I look exactly like him... My mother is British, but she's of French extraction. Votes: 3

The sun never sets on the British Empire. But it rises every morning. The sky must get awfully crowded. Votes: 3

Obama's folksy come-on is as bad as Madonna's faux British - and both are in need of fresh inspiration. Votes: 3

With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in. Votes: 3

I cook British food, but it doesn't mean I'm jingoistic about it. People can cook very good fusion food. Votes: 3

I have not become the Kings First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire. Votes: 3

I don't know why British actors are getting big parts in American TV shows. Maybe it's because we're cheap. Votes: 3

I would sooner play in a good British picture than in the majority of American pictures I have seen. Votes: 3

One of the most beautiful things about Britain, apart from the NHS and the free education, is the British Army. Votes: 3

I'm the guy doing calisthenics. I'm doing jumping jacks and deep knee bends. I work out like a British person. Votes: 3

The British press can be so annoying. They jerk you off with one hand and smack you with the other. Votes: 3

If you read the 'Daily Mail,' you would imagine that the British middle classes lead lives of unremitting misery. Votes: 3

I would love to play a British character one day. My accent wavers between Scottish and Irish very easily, though. Votes: 3

Sometimes Americans don't quite get my sense of humor. My good ol' British sarcasm seems to go over their heads. Votes: 3

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to LA in hopes of getting small roles in American films Votes: 3

With respect to the situation in Al-Faw, the British told big lies. In Al-Faw, our forces' positions remained in place. Votes: 3

I feel like Ive been engaged to the British Empire since 1980 and tonight you have given me the ring knighthood. Votes: 3

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."[On British Labour politician Stafford Cripps.] Votes: 3

The fate of the Celt in the British Empire bids fair to resemble that of the Greeks among the Romans. Votes: 3

[To the British actor who annoyed her by repeated references to his busy 'shedule':] I think you're full of skit. Votes: 3

What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years. Votes: 3

The British churchgoer prefers a severe preacher because he thinks a few home truths will do his neighbors no harm. Votes: 3

It's about time a 55-year-old British woman is the heroine of an action movie. I may have to write it. Votes: 3

If I'm the British prime minister I won't be dictated to on the timetable or the manner of the negotiations. Votes: 3

My motto is "Unite now, today if you can; fight if you must. But in every case avoid British intervention." Votes: 3

I am leading a war against the British Empire. I'm not worried about what Democratic Party hacks say or do. Votes: 3

When I drove for British teams... they called me The Tadpole because I was too small to be a frog. Votes: 3

Let’s just agree any group of 3 or more handsome British men should be referred to as a 'cumberbatch.' Votes: 3

You British plundered half the world for your own profit. Let's not pass it off as the Age of Enlightenment. Votes: 3

One of my assistants, a British man, says I should find a platform for [cosmetic industry]. Meanwhile I wear make-up. Votes: 3

I like everything European. Even my GPS has a British accent - it's way less annoying than the American one. Votes: 3

I've always wanted to be a spy, and frankly I'm a little surprised that British intelligence has never approached me. Votes: 3

It's a phenomenon that I see with young actors - a lot of American speaking parts going to British actors. Votes: 3

There is a romantic, often misguided, misconception among the British that life in France is akin to life in Paradise. Votes: 3

You know, not even your British Queen is called just Elizabeth - she's Elizabeth the Second. There's only one Imelda. Votes: 3

My father was a poor man, very poor in a British colonial possession where class and race were very important. Votes: 3

So I rang up British Telecom, I said 'I want to report a nuisance caller', he said 'Not you again'. Votes: 3

Thank you to everybody who voted for me, and to the British public for their encouragement over the last 17 years Votes: 3

I will walk on no grave of Ulster's honoured dead to do a deal with the IRA or the British government. Votes: 3

I find it hard to see how my northern cousins could get so worked up about counties created by British imperialists. Votes: 3

Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were. Votes: 3

I love English girls! I adore all their different accents. Who knows, I could find a British girlfriend on my travels! Votes: 3

It wasn't just British gangster films that really did for me as a kid, personally, it was British films in general. Votes: 3

I used to get a lift to school every day with a man who was a major in the British Army. Votes: 3

[The British constitution] presumes more boldly than any other the good sense and the good faith of those who work it. Votes: 3

I'm an Asian guy growing up in London so I see myself as British, but India is part of my culture. Votes: 3

Not since the British raided Cologne had so many bombs landed in such a small space in such a short time. Votes: 3

Talking to the British about sex is like talking to Americans about reading. Nobody does it so why talk about it? Votes: 3

If my British film career was a girl, then I'd been hanging around outside her apartment a little bit too long. Votes: 3

I'd rather do theatre and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films. Votes: 3

The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. Votes: 3

I'd rather do theater and British films than move to L.A. in hopes of getting small roles in American films. Votes: 3

As we all know, it is the proper duty of every British subject to come to the aid of the TARDIS. Votes: 3

There are a few Chinese smuggled in over the borders of British Columbia on the north and Mexico on the south. Votes: 3

No 'rules.' What are you, British or something? I guess I'm too nice... No wonder people take advantage of me. Votes: 3

My mother always tried to keep a little bit of British culture in our family. We'd drink tea all the time! Votes: 3

The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British. Votes: 3

I don't watch much British television at all. I mean, it's ironic because I used to work in it for years. Votes: 3

The US head of state grew up on food stamps. The British head of state grew up on the postage stamps. Votes: 3

I'm so patriotic, I think every British kid should have a chance to grow up to be our head of state. Votes: 3

I do mostly British projects, and for family reasons and life reasons Britain's my home, where I have a lovely garden. Votes: 3

The British government says that for Sinn Fein to be involved in talks the guns must be left at the door. Votes: 3

FAY: The British police force used to be run by men of integrity. TRUSCOTT: That is a mistake which has been rectified. Votes: 3

I do see a big difference in the American work ethic compared to the British work ethic in a lot of artists. Votes: 3

I always have to go out to work even if it's just a desk somewhere or an office or the British Library. Votes: 3

Why do British people make such good TV? It's so annoying. Stop it. Is it because they have free health care? Uggh. Votes: 3

British men are peacocks. You see a lot more style on the streets here than you see anywhere else, on every level. Votes: 3

I do think British tailoring is the best. French people hate me when I say that, but I do think it's true. Votes: 3

Why don't I like you?" "Because you think I'm an asshole, and I'm not really, I'm just British and, well, you're not. Votes: 3

I love British cursing - the cadence of it, the joy in the sound of the words, and the vulgarity of it. Votes: 3

It is well documented that I am a lifelong football fan. My love of the British game started with the 1966 World Cup. Votes: 3

The British - who rarely start a fight, but always know how to finish it - have nothing to be ashamed of. Votes: 3

Dad was at his desk when I opened the door, doing what all British people do when they're freaked out: drinking tea. Votes: 3

To win more medals at Beijing is just fantastic, and British cycling has come a huge way in the last few years. Votes: 3

There is no cannibalism in the British navy, absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount. Votes: 3

The British people think that if someone is disabled, then they should get all the care and support that we can offer. Votes: 3

The guy that made me wanna make movies... and this is off the wall-is a guy named Michael Pal, the British director. Votes: 3

Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me. Votes: 3

When I'm lying drunk at an airport the press call me Irish... but when I win an Oscar, I'm classified as British. Votes: 3

We went to the British Museum, and I was looking up my family in the books - pages and pages on it. Votes: 3

At the British Open, I had my opportunities, but the ball just didn't want to go in the hole on the back nine. Votes: 3

When I fly British Airways, I can't help but read the free Daily Mail, which makes me glad I am leaving the country. Votes: 3

The war in Iraq is still going on. The British are helping. Mexico wants to help, but they need a ride over there. Votes: 3

When young I did my best to undo that bit of the British Empire I found myself in: that is, old Southern Rhodesia. Votes: 3

I am not a British isolationist. I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. Votes: 3

Dad was in the British Army and my mom was in the Royal Air Force, so both of my parents believed in discipline. Votes: 3

To every man of us, Tobruk was a symbol of British resistance and we were now going to finish with it for good. Votes: 3

To me, the [British] Open is the tournament I would come to if I had to leave a month before and swim over. Votes: 3

The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests. Votes: 3

There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either. Votes: 3

My jokes are in my head and I have a duplicate copy of my jokes in a lot of British comics' heads, where they are safe. Votes: 3

The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst. Votes: 3