Quotes about british
british-actor
Bring back dueling, I say. Drive-by sword fight. Tim Roth
british-scientist decline goes period
Nature's laws must be obeyed, and the period of decline begins, and goes on with accelerated rapidity.
british-scientist felt
For a deeper interest in the Moon than I ever felt before.
british-scientist contained human purpose sacred strongly truths
All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more strongly the truths come from on high, and contained in the sacred writings. William Herschel
british-actress truth
I would not have done much differently, but I would have loved to have done everything better. The truth is, I think I was just getting warmed up when the era ended. William Jackson
british-actress era locally mid networks produced shows
I pitched my last children's show presentation in the mid 1980's. The era of locally produced children's shows was over and the networks were not and are not interested in children's television.
british-actress cartoons interest mostly
I'm not up on today's television for children, because it's mostly cartoons that don't seem to interest me.
british couple family guy life loves
I'm a guy who loves my family, and we're probably only going to have a couple of more babies. I have the rest of my life to play the British Open. Webb Simpson
british-musician site station version
Our site should be like Paddington Station with a much better version of WH Smith's in it. Colin Greenwood
british catherine copied economy great margaret methods ruler saw since turn
Margaret Thatcher had more impact on the world than any woman ruler since Catherine the Great of Russia. Not only did she turn around - decisively - the British economy in the 1980s, she also saw her methods copied in more than 50 countries. Paul Johnson
british-novelist courted everybody neglected poor trusted valued
She was trusted and valued by her father, loved and courted by all dogs, cats, children, and poor people, and slighted and neglected by everybody else. Anne Bronte
british-actor freedom haunting mind
If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there. Colin Firth
british-actor reasonably smug
I don't want to sound smug but I am reasonably satisfied with how it's gone. I think it's fine.
british-musician came case confined far gig hours lived notice twelve
We all lived in the same house, or most of us did. And as far as I can make out we were confined to the property, because at twenty-four hours' notice we'd have to do a gig somewhere. So you couldn't leave the building for more than twelve hours in case a gig came through. Bill Bruford
british-actress everybody
I came over when I was 10 years old, which was very difficult because everybody made fun of me. Nicollette Sheridan
british-statesman
I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.
british-statesman government preserve prevent
The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.
british-statesman men support
That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.
british-statesman fool honest
A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.
british-statesman
It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.
british-statesman entertain esoteric maintain rugged safest side steep transit unpopular
My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it.
british-statesman confess failed faults incapacity less love man pursuit wounds
It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the love of pleasure, etc., etc., which are his own faults, than through incapacity and unfitness, which are the faults of his nature.
british-statesman except
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
british-actor contest knew next
The story grew, got way bigger than the contest rules called for, and next thing I knew I had a book. Leslie Banks
british-actress fair less means pay rooted
What is not fair now is that corporations pay less and less tax, which means that you and I pay more because we're rooted somewhere, they've got our address, right? Susan George
british-author foxes interest lives peace sincere
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. George Eliot
british-author consists denying
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
british-author great jokes strain taste
Different taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
british carefully farming great green handsome landscape likely natural replaced river since valley
Sheep farming is heavily subsidized in Great Britain. Without the subsidies, the green grazing in the valley of the River Exe would be gone. The handsome agricultural landscape of which the British are so proud, carefully husbanded since Boudicca's day, would be replaced by natural growth. The most likely growth is real-estate developments. P. J. O'Rourke
british-actor finger kinda labels punk record though
Even though we're not the most punk rock band, the way we've done things is pretty punk rock. Just kinda say it with a big middle finger to the record labels and do it ourselves. Brandon Thomas
british-actor pedal putting
It's about putting the pedal to the metal and not asking any questions at all and just going for it.
british-actor either hands happy line three tweak until
If someone is not happy with one thing we either tweak it until they're happy with it. We all know where that line is, where you have to be three hands up.
british-musician
My upbringing was very straightforward suburban working class upbringing. Billy Bragg