Quotes about british
british-statesman opportunity ready secret success
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes. Benjamin Disraeli
british-statesman life man opportunity ready secret success
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
british-statesman critical easier
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
british-scientist
I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life. Jean-Michel Basquiat
british-musician
We loved everything. We wanted to be able to do anything. Jim Capaldi
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-actor climb light mountain pack preparing
When preparing to climb a mountain - pack a light heart.
british-author caught heart heat measure shall tangled violence
Who shall measure the heat and violence of the poet's heart when caught and tangled in a woman's body? Virginia Woolf
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 happen humor rather result
We wanted the humor to happen as a result of the zombies, you know? Like the humor being a result of their presence, rather than them being funny. Simon Pegg
british-statesman children flatters forward larger man neither nor plays serious trifles trusts women
Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.
british-actor
We all know that somebody did it, but how did they find the answer? John Thaw
british history
To me, British fashion has a story. It has history, and I feel it's very much about our culture. Rita Ora
british-musician
There is nothing more boring than doing singing exercises.
british course spies
Two British spies have been arrested. Of course they are not silent. They are talking.
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-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-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.
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 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.