British Quotes

Much of what passes for quality on British television is no more than a reflection of the narrow elite which controls it and has always thought that its tastes were synonymous with quality.
Rupert Murdoch

Thought, Reflection, Quality

Look, I've always said from the word go many years ago that I felt the whole bonus culture, they need to think very carefully about being detached from the rest of the British public.
Iain Duncan Smith

Said, Whole, Word

We have to ensure that our immigration system works in the interests of Britain, enabling us to make a realistic promise to our young school-leavers. It is part of our contract with the British people.
Iain Duncan Smith

Young, System, Promise

The problem with being British... I don't know if it's me being British or being raised a strict Catholic, but you never really enjoy success.
Danny Boyle

Success, Enjoy, Problem

I've always liked country music. It's a certain aspect of America that goes back to the British Isles and the influence is very native to America.
Robert Duvall

Music, Country, America

My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors.
Tracey Ullman

Great, Character, Influences

I never worked with a dialogue coach before, but I'd hate it if an American did a British accent and didn't do it well. It would be insulting.
Tracey Ullman

Hate, Before, American

Now undoubtedly, we face some very British challenges when it comes to infrastructure. We rightly cherish our back yards and green spaces, and we'll defend them passionately when projects are announced. We live in a democracy, and we like to debate these things, often for many years.
Evan Davis

Live, Democracy, Often

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.
Evan Davis

Rather, Late, Perhaps

Britain, however, has ended up specialising in the ones you don't see as much of: defence aerospace, making drive shafts for cars, pills and drugs, designing chips that go into 94 per cent of the world's mobile phones. And so there's a danger that because it doesn't have a British flag on it, people won't realise that we actually do produce value.
Evan Davis

Making, Value, Actually

Uncontrolled, mass immigration displaces British workers, forces people onto benefits, and suppresses wages for the low-paid.
Theresa May

Forces, Mass, Workers

The U.K. needs a system for family migration underpinned by three simple principles. One: that those who come here should do so on the basis of a genuine relationship. Two: that migrants should be able to pay their way. And three: that they are able to integrate into British society.
Theresa May

Family, Society, Simple

Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which doesn't.
Stephen Leacock

Except, Laughing, Section

British chancellor is telling the rest of Europe it must abandon democracy. It's appalling.
Nigel Farage

Democracy, Rest, Europe

I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that.
Orlando Bloom

Good, Try, American

There's a tradition in British intellectual life of mocking any non-political force that gets involved in politics, especially within the sphere of the arts and the theatre.
Harold Pinter

Life, Politics, Theatre

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

Government, Rule, Ireland

I find British men very gentlemanly... like opening doors. There is a certain chivalry about British men which I like, and I'm a sucker for an accent.
Rachel McAdams

Men, Find, Chivalry

There just seems to be more acceptance now of... other kinds of British films, than the picture-postcard ones.
Tim Roth

Acceptance, Seems, Films

I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You get films here with great performances you'll never see again. Why compare. We should go after the businessmen.
Tim Roth

Great, Care, Why

The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.
Queen Elizabeth II

I'm highly political. I spend an awful lot of time in the U.S. trying to influence decision-makers. But I don't feel in tune with British politics.
Jane Goodall

Politics, Time, Political

I think that British girls have a very eclectic and unique style.
Nicole Richie

Unique, Style, Eclectic

The fact is, I've always felt more British than Irish. Maybe it was the way I was brought up, I don't know, but I have always felt more of a connection with the U.K. than with Ireland.
Rory McIlroy

Fact, Felt, Irish

Contrast that with the call of the Liberal Democrats in April, when they were prepared to call upon the British people to participate in a 24-hour strike. It shows how far to the right the Labour Party's gone.
Arthur Scargill

Far, Call, Liberal

The British judiciary needs to support intellectual property.
James Dyson

Support, Needs, Property

The British have been particularly shy about the issues of financial regulation, and attentive only to the interests of the City - hence their reluctance to see the introduction of a tax on financial transactions and tax harmonisation in Europe.
Francois Hollande

Financial, Tax, City

I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat.
Francois Hollande

Moment, Place, Europe

Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.
Wallace Stevens

Nothing, American, Since

I am a subject of the British Crown, but whenever I have to choose between the interests of England and Canada it is manifest to me that the interests of my country are identical with those of the United States of America.
Wilfrid Laurier

Country, America, Between

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.

Related Definition

British Definition

Ernest Hemingway

Popular Topics

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Get Social with BrainyQuote

BrainyQuote Desktop

BrainyQuote Mobile

Site

Quote of the Day

Social

BQ on Pinterest

Syndication

Funny Quote Feed

Love Quote Feed

Nature Quote Feed

About Us