British Quotes

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

The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.

When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.

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

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

We have lost all our big Australian industries and icons, including Qantas when it sold 25 per cent of its shares and a controlling interest to British Airways.

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

I think the difference between me and some of the other YBAs [Young British Artists] was that I was ambitious for the work, and not ambitious for myself.

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

The British suffer from a most unfortunate superiority complex - unjustified even under Victoria and most certainly hopelessly out-of-date today.

I was an opponent of Saddam Hussein when the British and American governments and businessmen were selling him guns and gas.

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

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

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

British women can't cook.

If the British think they can simply detach from the continent and sail towards the USA or China, then they are mistaken.

There is a golden thread which runs through British history of the individual, standing firm against tyranny and then of the individual participating in his society

Give the Germans five deutschmarks and they will save it. But give the British £5 and they will borrow £25 and spend it.

When my father arrived in Kenya, he had found the Kikuyu way of life similar to that of the British at the time the Romans invaded England 2,000 years ago.

The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and this without any qualification as to their condition or degree, as is the case in the British government.

No treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum.

What did I want with prestige? The British Open paid the winner $600 in American money. A man would have to be two hundred years old at that rate to retire from golf.

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

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

To destroy Christianity, we must first destroy the British Empire.

You'll get unsociable people whatever the nationality, colour, race or creed. I guess the British abroad have probably got the worst record of anyone.

British business is disappointed that the MPC felt unable to act more boldly to counter the worsening economic circumstances and the sharp slowdown in the pace of economic activity,.

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

I think the first British actor who really worked well in cinema was Albert Finney. He was a back-street Marlon Brando. He brought a great wittiness and power to the screen. The best actor we've had.

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

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

All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!

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

If you are British, you soon get used to people not loving you. The Irish remind us of offenses from 100 years ago. Perhaps we should react to what the French did to us even longer ago.

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

The British press has an insatiable appetite for making public things that should be private. It's a prurience that I've never understood.

The British press hate a winner who's British. They don't like any British man to have balls as big as a cow's like I have.

If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married.

British education is probably the best in the world, if you can survive it. If you can't there is nothing left for you but the diplomatic corps.

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

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

The German air offensives against British cities in World Wars I and II not only failed to coerce the United Kingdom to surrender, but Germany also lost both wars.

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

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

As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week.

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

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

Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.

Girls must be thwarted early in life.