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You have heard of the new chemical nomenclature endeavored to be introduced by Lavoisier, Fourcroy, &c. Other chemists of this country, of equal note, reject it, and prove in my opinion that it is premature, insufficient and false. These latter are joined by the British chemists; and upon the whole, I think the new nomenclature will be rejected, after doing more harm than good. There are some good publications in it, which must be translated into the ordinary chemical language before they will be useful.

You know the only rule you need to know to get on in this country? ‘Never complain, never explain.

A British villain never loses their sense of humour.

A British declaration be taken against Martinez for 'capturing and robbing us.

All British people have plain names, and that works pretty well over there.

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

Absolute monarchy,... is the easiest death, the true Euthanasia of the BRITISH constitution.

A few British suffragettes everybody laughed at started the cause of equality between men and women.

All the things that are part of your heritage make you British - that makes this country what it is. It's part of your history. And here, unlike America, it's still living history.

American grammar doesn't have the sturdiness of British grammar, but it has its own scruffy charm.

Americans are very good at animating voices. I don't know why. They have a freedom with them that we British actors find more difficult to get to.

American science is much more organized, much more hierarchical than British science has been.

An excellent introduction to the rise and fall of the British Raj, accurate, succinct, and engaging.

After the conquest of the South Pole by Amundsen who, by a narrow margin of days only, was in advance of the British Expedition under Scott, there remained but one great main object of Antarctic journeying - the crossing of the South Polar continent from sea to sea

And I definitely do that very British thing of, take things with a pinch of salt, stiff upper lip, you know what I mean?

Anyone that knows me knows what I'm about, and I'm very much a British actor, a European actor.

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

As we all know, it is the proper duty of every British subject to come to the aid of the TARDIS.

Be Briton still to Britain true, Among oursel's united; For never but by British hands Maun British wrangs be righted.

Andrea Leadsom also denies any tax avoidance, says she 'shopped around' for a good deal and it was from a British bank that booked the biz in Jersey.

Belgium is a country invented by the British to annoy the French.

Biographies of British pop celebrities are terrible.

Britain is the only colony in the British Empire and it is up to us now to liberate ourselves.

British aren't really known for their physical loveliness but firemen, generally speaking, are gorgeous.

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,.

British women can't cook.

British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained.

British girls are as temperamental as Americans.

British society has never been cleansed of the filth of imperialism.

British Conservatives base their entire approach to politics on the rule of law, and rightly so.

British teams bring me good luck.

British and American women have very different styles and a different way of living.

Britons seem to have given up on assimilating their Muslim population, with many British elites patting themselves on the back for their tolerance and multiculturalism.

A university anywhere can aim no higher than to be as British as possible for the sake of the undergraduates, as German as possible for the sake of the public at large-and as confused as possible for the preservation of the whole uneasy balance.

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

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.

Being pretty crazy while being chased by the National Enquirer is not good. The British tabloids were the worst.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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