Quotes about british
british-novelist
Have confidence that if you have done a little thing well, you can do a bigger thing well too. David Storey
british-soldier elsewhere last mark warm
It is warm work; and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment. But mark you! I would not be elsewhere for thousands. - at the Battle of Copenhagen. Horatio Nelson
british-novelist fairly mind others sort stick though written
One book at a time... though I'm usually doing the research for others while I'm writing, but that sort of research is fairly desultory and I like to stick to the book being written - and writing a book concentrates the mind so the research is more productive. Bernard Cornwell
british-musician printed score
If it's fast, no I don't have enough piano technique. In that case, it's probably been done on some kind of synthesizer or sequencer. Then the score can then be printed out and so forth. Bill Bruford
british-musician chris friction jon state
I do remember the whole thing as being very argumentative, hot blooded... a permanent state of friction between Jon and Chris, Chris and me, me and Jon.
british-musician checks chris sound wonderful
I mean, Chris is, I'm sure, a wonderful guy. But in those days he also very, very late. For all appointments and departures and arrivals and sound checks and anything.
british-musician happened offer
Whatever I have come to offer, I have come to offer and it may or may not be connected to anything that has happened in the past.
british country empire forming history links national respect teaching understand unlikely
Teaching the history of the British Empire links in with that of the world: for better and for worse, the Empire made us what we are, forming our national identity. A country that does not understand its own history is unlikely to respect that of others. Antony Beevor
british love tend watch
I don't tend to watch too many American comedies. I love British comedy. Danny McBride
british created early fad golden groups known member mystical order society tarot turned
Mystical groups such as the Theosophical Society and the Rosicrucians turned tarot into an American fad during the early 1900s. Many American tarot practitioners use a set of cards known as the Waite-Smith deck, created in 1909 by A.E. Waite, a British member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, and the artist Pamela Colman Smith.
british-author
I don't like it, but this afternoon I've told myself I am going to go and get a dress. Antonia Fraser
british-author people
We are privileged. There are poor people out there. We must to do something to make them privileged.
british-author farthest mary subject
After Mary Queen of Scots, I turned to the farthest subject possible: Cromwell.
british-actor
I think all of the parties still have some way to go to better utilise IT in campaigns. Adam Rickitt
british-actor chance either happened next panicked sit time took
I've never had a chance to sit down and enjoy what's happened - I've been too panicked about the next move. So I took some time out. I thought either I do this now or in 10 years' time I'll end up in the Priory.
british-actor further list onto people selection
I think people forget that to be on the A list you first had to go through the original graded Parliamentary Selection Board. I did that and then like everyone else had the further interviews to get onto the A list.
british-musician
We loved everything. We wanted to be able to do anything. Jim Capaldi
british discussion phone
There has never been any discussion about us (buying) any part of a phone company, British Telecom or any other phone company, Bill Gates
british-musician dave gordon playing
There I met Gordon Jackson and Dave Meredith who were playing in local bands.
british grand relieved retain sure
We're relieved that we've been able to retain the British Grand Prix in this country, as I'm sure Bernie is too. Jackie Stewart
british education frank quite system time understand
To be quite frank I think he is very old-fashioned and out of time and he doesn't understand what is going on in the British education system at the moment, Charles Clark
british-actor confidence passionate rejection
You have to be passionate about it. You have to be able to take rejection and disappointment at first and not let your confidence be undermined. Juliet Mills
british classic convince days easy excuse spend streets work
Too much research can be the writer's enemy. You can spend days on end in the British Library or prowling the streets with a Dictaphone, and it's easy to convince yourself that you're working hard. Often, it can be an excuse not to work; a classic displacement activity. Mark Billingham
british diverse found identities imposing india large though
Though blessed with many able administrators, the British found India just too large and diverse to handle. Many of their decisions stoked Hindu-Muslim tensions, imposing sharp new religious-political identities on Indians. Pankaj Mishra
british-statesman learning merely private pull strike wear
Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out, and strike it, merely to show that you have one. Lord Chesterfield
british-comedian meal sat
When I was growing up, there were just the three channels, so as a nation we all sat down to the same meal at the end of the day. Now there's been this explosion. Rory Bremner
british-comedian certain character rectify work
We work with every one of them to see if their character wouldn't say a certain thing or if something is worded awkwardly - we work with them to rectify that. Simon Pegg
british early late motown
This will be a lot from the '60s, with a little from the late '50s and early '70s. It will have the Motown sound, the British invasion. David Johnson
british-musician sites
I have found two Roman sites in the area that I live in. Bill Wyman
british-author continuous form
I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction. A. C. Benson
british-author goes less older toward
As I grow older and older, And totter toward the tomb, I find that I care less and less, Who goes to bed with whom. Dorothy L. Sayers
british-author human mankind
A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.
british deal number
With all the things I've had to go through it would be a big deal for me to get back to British number one. Greg Rusedski