Quotes about british
british-musician broke
I broke up the band in the office in Gerrard Street. Georgie Fame
british famous good middle strength theatre
The strength of British theatre should be that these actors in their middle years know what they're doing and are good at it. Not rich, not famous, but making a living. Ian Mckellen
british-actor language
What language are you talking in now? It appears to be bollocks. Richard Wilson
british-author certainly city contrast local quite village
We were the local cockneys, well I wasn't quite a cockney, but I was certainly enchanted by the contrast between city and village life. Jilly Cooper
british-author failure fear man ought purpose sees
The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. T. S. Eliot
british-musician cents dollars evenings jam playing records
With Dollars And Cents on the album, we had it as a band jam and I sometimes spend evenings playing with records over the top of things we were working on to see what works. Colin Greenwood
british cannot cricket cup either english entirely hard home label language supported west
While I am most at home in London, I cannot really label myself as either British or Trinidadian. I write in the English language and live in the U.K. I find it hard to say that I am an entirely British writer, especially when I supported Trinidad in the 2006 World Cup and also support the West Indies cricket team.
british citizen man mean terms thinking win writer
Well, yeah, I mean I always wanted to be a writer eventually, but I wasn't ever really thinking like in terms of this young. I mean I always fantasized about when I'm 30, I'll go become a British citizen and win the Man Booker award. That's still my big goal.
british golfing happened happens wait whatever won
When I won the British Masters, things happened and putts went in. Whatever happens with the golfing gods, that's what happens. It wasn't my day today. I'll have to wait for another day.
british concept great grew humor moved six
I have no idea what a British sensibility or a British sense of humor is. I have no concept of what that is. I have no concept of what American sensibility is. I was born in Great Britain, but I was only there for six months, and we moved to Belgium, where I grew up. Frank Oz
british-musician comfort
There's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll find. George Michael
british-scientist definite existence knowledge organic remains repeated species teaches time
Moreover, all our knowledge of organic remains teaches us, that species have a definite existence, and a centralization in geological time as well as in geographical space, and that no species is repeated in time. Edward Forbes
british-musician music
Well, I've had a lot of different experiences in music over the years. And not everything you do can satisfy everybody's idealised version of you. Elvis Costello
british-scientist cause speculate store study undergo
We speculate as to what is in store for us. But we not only undergo events, we in part cause them or at least influence their course. We have not only to study them but to act. Emily Greene Balch
british-scientist cause closely commission connected less medical modern nations noticeable population scientific special study united
Another cause of change, one less noticeable but fundamental, is the modern growth of population closely connected with scientific and medical discoveries. It is interesting that the United Nations has set up a special Commission to study this question.
british-scientist common deal either vast
Without a common loyalty to either a state or a church they have nevertheless a vast deal in common.
british-novelist hit madam saw time
Madam your wife and I didn't hit it off the only time I ever saw her. I won't say she was silly, but I think one of us was silly, and it wasn't me. Elizabeth Gaskell
british-scientist efficient great instrument language vehicle
Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking.
british-scientist discovery suggested
The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.
british-scientist learned mistakes
I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes.
british hard harsh rather
They're very harsh people, the British: hard to impress, very tough on each other, but I rather like that. It's not that the British are more honest - you're just under no illusion with them. Hugh Laurie
british-historian people wisdom
We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice. Arthur Helps
british-actor trying
We're trying to make a movie that's interesting. Jason Statham
british left played school scottish
I only started concentrating on football as a career when I left school at 18. I played golf for the Scottish and British boys' teams. Alan Hansen
british-dramatist cd opposed people playing showing spirit studio trying
I've been in the studio experimenting on making a CD of my own. I'm trying out different producers, styles, sounds. With music, as opposed to acting, you are not playing a character. You are showing people who you are. I really want to have my spirit in it. Emmy Rossum
british-dramatist dollars
I started working when I was seven and I was working for five dollars a night at the Met.
british-musician
I don't think the critics could understand what we were doing. Jimmy Page
british-musician music
I always believed in the music we did and that's why it was uncompromising.
british helped landed partly production teach watch
I used to watch a lot of American and British television as a child, which helped teach me the language and accents; it was partly that which landed me the part of Roxy in a London production of 'Chicago' when I was 25.
british country denmark drama feeling felt general looked reflected tradition tv
Denmark as a country has always looked up to England. I've always felt that British actors are fantastic. There's a strong theatre tradition in your country, and that is reflected in TV and film as well. We've always thought that for crime series, you were the masters, and the general feeling the Danes have of British drama is that it's excellent.
british history ireland irish learned life northern
The reality of life in Northern Ireland is that if you were Protestant, you learned British history, and if you were Catholic, you learned Irish history in school. James Nesbitt
british-novelist
All enchantments die; only cowards die with them. Charles Morgan
british-novelist build love rather sake sure
If we would build on a sure foundation in friendship, we must love friends for their sake rather than for our own. Charlotte Bronte