Best 390 quotes in «british quotes» category

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.

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.

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!

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?

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish

I am Scottish. I am also British.

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

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

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

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

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 feel the cold. It's my British blood!

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

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 don't have a good British accent.

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

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

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

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.