Brits Quotes - page 2

By the 1980s, practically no one under 60 in the real civilian world wore hats for anything except weddings, funerals or Ascot. Hats had been in competition with hair, and hair had won. Thirty years before that, Brits of all classes and ages wore hats all the time. (Peter York)
People like Frank Zappa were amazing for us Brits. View quote
Rick Wakeman
There's definitely a wave of Brits doing great work on American television, and I wouldn't mind being one of them! View quote
Rob James-Collier
Brits and Americans have hundreds of different phrases for the same thing. Luckily, it's usually a source of amusement rather than frustration. A flashlight by any other name is still a torch. My personal favourite is 'fairy lights,' which we boringly refer to as 'Christmas lights.' View quote
Sloane Crosley
I've spent a lot of time in L.A. and I love it. A lot of Brits can't stand the place, but I like the West Coast attitude and the way people celebrate success. View quote
Sophia Myles
I love Brits! They are so full of energy and individuality. I am a fan! View quote
Stacey Bendet
I met Ellie Goulding at the BRITs. She's lovely. I've got a lot of time for her. I gave her congratulations and whatnot and she let me hold her BRIT. That was amazing - once I'd touched one for the first time, I said 'This cannot be the last time I touch a BRIT. View quote
Tinie Tempah
Brexit has really broken a taboo. The Brits have shown us that you can leave the European Union, and you can come out better. View quote
Marine Le Pen
I beg your pardon?" Robson says. One thing Waterhouse likes about these Brits is that when they don't know what the hell you're talking about, they are at least open to the possibility that it might be their fault. View quote
Neal Stephenson
Bloom, exploited and downtrodden by the Brits for being Irish and rejected by many of the Irish for being Jewish, does indeed epiphanize humanity in the first half of the 20th Century. And he remains a nice guy despite everything that happens... View quote
Robert Anton Wilson
Brits are far more intelligent and civilised than Americans. I love the fact that you can hail a taxi and just pick up your pram and put in the back of the cab without having to collapse it. I love the parks and places I go for dinner and my friends. (Gwyneth Paltrow)
I think of myself as being a bit of a wimp deep down - a bourgeois wimp - and I'm fighting that. I think all Brits are, maybe. View quote
Helen Mirren
You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire. View quote
Pat Robertson
The 2011 riots in England, which left five dead and caused more than $300 million in property damage, were fueled by a generation of young Brits who grew up without ever hearing the word 'No.' View quote
Bob Barr
Nor are you the first Sikh to be sanatanized. Guru Nanak was a Sanatani Hindu. All the Gurus were. Tegh Bahadur & Govind Singh explicitly invoked Hindu Dharma. But then McAuliffe & other Brits came to bribe you & turn you against Sanatana Dharma. So you profitably became McSikhs. View quote
Koenraad Elst