Best 390 quotes in «british quotes» category

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

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

Catering on planes, like on British Rail, is a standing joke, but I don't really have a problem with it. I don't quite know what people expect.

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

Chicken Tikka Massala is now a true British national dish, not only because it is the most popular, but because it is a perfect illustration of the way Britain absorbs and adapts external influences.

Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!

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

Courtesy is not dead - it has merely taken refuge in Great Britain.

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

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?

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

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

For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way.

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

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

Historically, the British have always been rather wary of grand engineering projects - perhaps understandably, given that many of them have been delivered late and over budget.

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

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

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

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

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

I am not talking to anyone in the British media. They are all pricks.

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

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

I am Scottish. I am also British.

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish

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

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

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

I'd be quite excited to play somebody British.

I don't have a good British accent.

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

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

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

I dont like Jews. Or colored folk. Or natives, now that you mention it...I bet you like Catholics. Cant stand them either. Nor women, Fabians, Socialists, homosexuals, Asians, or British.

I do think British and American politics rhyme. They go in cycles. They go in Thatcher-Reagan cycles, Blair-Clinton cycles.

If Bush had read all the documents about the Russians and British in Afghanistan in the 19th century, he would have not done what he did in the 21st. He would have understood how difficult it was to control this territory. He probably didn't read them.

If any Englishman said he has never called a Chinaman a chink he is lying. There is nothing bad about doing that. It is like calling the British Brits, or the Irish Paddies.

I feel Mahatma Gandhi's non-violence was for the intelligent, educated British.It was not for those who don't understand this language.

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

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

I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from England.

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

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

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

I grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.

I give no more paroles to British officers.

I grew up watching British television because I lived so close to Canada.

If there’'s one thing above all that sets me apart from Tony Blair, it’s this: I’m not embarrassed to articulate the instincts of the British people.

I grew up with British rock.