Quotes about british
british dealing europeans including organized others simply sound steps taken
We need to take a lesson, not simply from the Americans, but from Europeans and others including the British who have taken some pretty important steps - constitutionally sound steps, but important steps - in dealing with organized crime. Vic Toews
british-author peace rattling wants
If a nation wants to live in peace with its neighbors, it doesn't keep rattling the saber at them. Howard E. Koch
british-author might
You might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.
british-author craves uneasy
Uneasy lies the head that craves the crown.
british express necessary unlike views
Unlike the British we are not going to express our views without the necessary investigations.
british-actor gracious mark mother quite stop tried wearing
I was not quite as gracious as Mark Darcy about wearing what my mother tried to make me wear. It tended to stop really, when I was quite young. Colin Firth
british efforts impose resolution unfair
I would like to reconfirm what we have said before ... that U.S. and British efforts to impose a new unfair resolution will never succeed, Tariq Aziz
british-comedian directly heard seen tends work
Most of my work isn't directly autobiographical. It tends to be an amalgam of things I've seen and heard and thought and conversations I've had. Ben Elton
british-actor
Most of my mail comes from young people. Richard Wilson
british-comedian harder men odd personal relationships whereas women
Men would find it much harder because men have such odd personal relationships with each other. They don't really emotionally connect, whereas women do. I think women become very close. Jennifer Saunders
british business company impact microsoft practices profound technology
Microsoft technology has transformed business practices and his company has had a profound impact on the British economy, Jack Straw
british-author exceptions foreign matters others reading time waste
Why waste time instructing others when you could be reading the manuscripts yourself? The only exceptions are matters of foreign language. Antonia Fraser
british-author five hours minutes ready settle three
Who is ready to settle for five minutes when three hours does nicely? Jackie Collins
british closely determine government iraqi might officials
We're working very closely with Iraqi officials in Basra and with the British government to determine who might be responsible for this heinous crime.
british-musician cuts deal elements people resent sticking
What I really resent most about people sticking labels on you is that it cuts off all the other elements of what you are because it can only deal with black and white; the cartoon. Siouxsie Sioux
british-actor stand
He's psychologically damaged, I suppose, if you stand back and look objectively at him, but then, who isn't?
british-actor coming mean
If he is a ghost, then it's very disappointing for me, because he is banished in the story, and that could mean that he won't be coming back, and that would be terrible, wouldn't it?
british-actor character exhausted front good laid microphone point quite sort standing technical
Also, from a technical point of view, as you're standing in front of a microphone all day, it's quite a good idea that I should play a laid back sort of character because if he was too frenetic, I'd be exhausted by lunch!
british-actor carefully colossal everybody grasp listen picture recording scene today
I think the intelligent thing about it is that you have to carefully listen to it all to grasp it, and because I'm not in every scene - colossal disappointment to everybody that it may be - I'm not getting the full picture here today while recording it.
british capacity industry objective shared
The British security industry has the capacity to be a world leader and it should be our shared objective to achieve this.
british-actor exactly men proven women
What these books have conclusively proven is that the diffence between men and women is exactly 38 pages. Paul Scofield
british-actor
If you look around the table and you can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.
british-actor means
A painting means as much to you as a string of pearls to an ape.
british-actress egoism shyness
Shyness is just egoism out of its depth. Penelope Keith
british-novelist school
We need to be able to go to school and feel safe and accepted for who we are. Paul Scott
british citizens follow hope
We hope British citizens will follow it, but we have no way of obliging British citizens to do so,
british-dramatist history iron jewish later next people sooner truth vulnerable wave
Without a Jewish state, the iron truth of history is that the Jewish people sooner or later become even more vulnerable to the next wave of anti-Semitism.
british expect issue tax taxed year
We don't tax British diplomats in Washington, and we don't expect our diplomats to be taxed here either. We had negotiations for over a year on this issue and couldn't come to an agreement.
british-scientist
It's the right idea, but not the right time. John Dalton
british-scientist universe
It is my supposition that the Universe in not only queerer than we imagine, is queerer than we can imagine. John B. S. Haldane
british-scientist injustice madly nation provoke seen vicious
What did our nation ever do to provoke these madly vicious enemies? What is seen as injustice in one place is seen as just requital in the other. Mary Douglas
british current eight former heritage includes number quality status testament
The quality of the field, which includes eight current or former world number ones, is testament to the unrivalled heritage of the British Open, underpinning the event's status as the most prestigious championships in the world.
british-actor people public
No film should try to follow a trend, and do what film people think the public wants. There's no such thing as knowing what the public wants. Alan Bates