British Quotes

There are no Rohingya among the races [in Burma]. We only have Bengalis who were brought for farming [during British rule].

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

I feel that a lot of British comedy is often too bombastic, too obvious, dressing up and shouting and pulling funny faces.

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

All the rich families who used to own all the British estates have gone bust because their children have blown their money.

Every historian has a vested interest. "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" was not about the Roman but the British empire. What price the truth?

Girls must be thwarted early in life.

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.

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

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

Royal Young's writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty.

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

I'm obviously first and foremost a British filmmaker on a global scale, but when it comes to narrowing it down, I really feel like my voice is in the Midlands and outside of London.

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

The British cinema had been very dull and conformist.

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

The trouble with the British is that they are not interested in ideas. If Jesus came back today and offered to speak for an hour on British television, they would say, "What! Another talking head?

The British public sees with blinding clarity.

I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well.

Women need to have access to counseling services in the way that American or British women can have if something really bad or upsetting happens to them.

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

I am certainly not racist; I even like the British.

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

The Australian divisions and the New Zealanders had become what they were to remain for the rest of the war the spearhead of the British Army

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

We (British) have reached the state where the private sector is that part of the economy the government controls and the public sector is that part that nobody controls.

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

Within two months I made the grand slam: covers of 'American Vogue', 'Italian Vogue', 'British Vogue', and 'French Vogue'.

The imagination is a place all by itself. A separate country. Now, you've heard of the French nation, the British nation. Well, this is the Imagi-nation. It's a wonderful place.

No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute.

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

I would rather be British than just.

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

Over 30 years ago, Airbus was founded by a European consortium of French, German, and later Spanish and British companies to compete in the large commercial aircraft industry with U.S. companies.

But more than anything else, for the British folks Irish people were all terrorists. So when we went to Britain, it was always a lot of resistance to U2. And that's why we came to America.

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

The British have always coped without becoming a dictatorship.

Gandhi has asked that the British Government should walk out of India and leave the Indian people to settle differences among themselves, even if it means chaos and confusion.

There is no cannibalism in the British Navy, absolutely none. And when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount, more than I personally admit.

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

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

We remain united with the British, and our allies around the world, in our resolve to defeat terrorism and bring those who commit these acts to justice.

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

There's always this weird dark humor within a lot of Depeche Mode songs that people miss, tongue-in-cheek and also very British.

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

British physician, West African Countries and Peoples Man's place is higher than the sky. Respect for man is the underlying spirit of civilization.

I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that.

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

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

The peacock in all his pride does not display half the colors that appear in the garments of a British lady when she is dressed.