British Quotes - page 8

I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain aspects of the British pragmatists. (Brian Ferneyhough)
Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. View quote
Bernadette Devlin
I went being unemployed for three years to being the lead in a British feature in the days when we only made two a year, 1990. It was ridiculous really. View quote
Christopher Eccleston
I give no more paroles to British officers. View quote
Christopher Gadsden
When I was in England doing Romeo and Juliet as a child star, I was interviewed by the British press, who are even more vicious and cruel than the Americans. So I have been extremely guarded ever since. View quote
Claire Bloom
My parents are Italian and British. They live in Berkeley now - we all moved there four years ago. View quote
Claire Forlani
I'd be quite excited to play somebody British. View quote
Claire Forlani
It's certainly true that I was brought up in that British amateur tradition, the one which always held that if you were reasonably good at cricket, knew one or two Latin texts and a few zingy Oscar Wilde quotes for dinner parties, you were pretty much ready to go and run some outpost in Hindustan. View quote
Damian Lewis
If I am pushed I will push back, that is the way I am. I am very British. We don't like to be pushed around. When the chips are down we might have to step into grey areas. View quote
Damon Hill
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. View quote
Damon Hill
The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun. (Dennis Farina)
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. View quote
Doc Hastings
I am confident that in the end freedom and democracy will prevail over terror and tyranny. We will win this war on terror - and when we do Americans, the British, Iraqis, and people around the world will be more secure. View quote
Doc Hastings
In one line of his poem he said good fences make good neighbors. I'd like to think that Alaska and British Columbia working together can prove that we can be pretty darned good neighbors without fences. View quote
Dan Miller
Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records. View quote
Duncan Sheik
A British porch is a musty, forbidding non-room in which to fling a sodden umbrella or a muddy pair of boots; a guard against the elements and strangers. By contrast the good ol' American front porch seems to stand for positivity and openness; a platform from which to welcome or wave farewell; a place where things of significance could happen. View quote
Dan Stevens
I think you will find scientists that think like you in Germany and Britain, and you will find politicians that think like Weinberger. I think the most bellicose ruling group in the Western world at the moment is the British. View quote
E. P. Thompson
The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America. View quote
Ellsworth Huntington
For an event that was wholly created in the poisonous psychological warfare kitchens of the Second World War, run by the ministries of propaganda in many countries, not just by the British or the Americans, but also the Russians and undoubtedly the world Jewish organizations. View quote
Ernst Zundel
The British merchants represented that they received some profit indeed from Virginia and South Carolina, as well as the West Indies; but as for the rest of this continent, they were constant losers in trade. View quote
Ezra Stiles
I think most British people who say they can do an American accent are so bad at it. I find it excruciating. I find it excruciating the other way around, too. (Eileen Atkins)
Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training. View quote
Fay Godwin
Something is happening to Britain and the British. Or has happened. We are said to be passing through a transition, or a turning point, or a transformation; nobody is quite sure which. View quote
Ferdinand Mount
The actors I respect are the real character actors, who are the real chameleon actors that completely change from role to role. I love Peter Sellers, Alec Guinness and Gary Oldman. They tend to be British, I guess. People who really disappear and transform, I really like that. View quote
Fran Kranz
The positive news is that the British economy is continuing to grow and is creating jobs. And it is positive news too that at a time of real international instability we are a safe haven in the storm. View quote
George Osborne