Quotes about british
british-author foreign gifts humour perish
Humour is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue. Virginia Woolf
british-musician closest commentary daily jon level news
I get most of my news from the Jon Stewart Daily Show. It's the most level commentary you can find. You have to laugh, because it's all so true. It's the closest thing to a counterculture. John Mayall
british official
If the British Isles had an official vegetable, it would have to be the potato. Yotam Ottolenghi
british controlled west
If the British controlled West Point, then they controlled the Hudson, Jim Johnson
british-author cautious century taught work
If the 20th century taught us anything, it is to be cautious about the work impossible.
british-comedian fake gentle good paid soul version
He was a very gentle soul and, I think, a very good doctor. And I'm probably being paid more to become a fake version of my own father. Hugh Laurie
british-actor freelance remain thus
I always go by instinct. I have been a freelance my whole career, and I always go by my instincts, and thus remain responsible for my own decisions. Michael York
british-comedian decided horror labor loved nourished reason sort sorts
I always loved horror and that's sort of the reason we decided to make the film. We were nourished on those sorts of films, so it was a labor of love. Simon Pegg
british-novelist fell himself love remained seems
He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited. Anthony Powell
british-actor run walked walks
He'd just run, run all the time, and he walks about, doesn't he, he never stops. I think that they put an odometer on him one day and he walked miles. Albert Finney
british-actress business buying cakes certainly changes extremely fun generally happy home people run sit
Having cakes as a business certainly changes things for me-I don't now sit at home doing a cake for the fun of it anymore. But it's an extremely happy and pleasureable business to run because people are generally buying cakes for celebrations. Jane Asher
british hall mixed music sex taste tradition
He mixed the British music hall tradition with an American taste for jazz, sex and money.
british-author difficult less life
What do we live for; if it is not to make life less difficult to each other? T. S. Eliot
british-musician explore far known music refined
What we're doing is a retrospective, a refined look at how far we've come in what's known as progressive music and investigate and explore that. Keith Emerson
british entirely everywhere opinion public quality safety satisfied sure trying
What we're about here is trying to make sure that public opinion everywhere is satisfied entirely as to the quality and safety of British beef, Tony Blair
british-musician
There are no Kleenex boxes on these loops, just so you know. Mick Fleetwood
british confirmed death heard overnight
We heard overnight that there was one confirmed death of a British citizen. Jack Straw
british concluded needs next side
Yes, look, there are some hurdles, regulatory hurdles, that this still needs to go through on the British side as well that are going to be concluded next week. There's no requirement that it close, you know, immediately after that. Karl Rove
british won
Yes, I won the Bafta. I thought the British were very intelligent. Eli Wallach
british change government great high leading nations period record regard united
I also want to put on record the very high regard which the British government as a whole, and I personally, have for Kofi Annan, in leading and steering the United Nations through a period of great change in international relations,
british-actor lets rehearsing remember sort supposed
He just lets you go, really. When we were kind of supposed to rehearse, I don't remember rehearsing at all. We just sort of gossiped and chatted.
british champion four hurt nation thinks though weighs
Haroon is already a Four Nation and British champion and he thinks he's going to be better than me. We spar a lot and sometimes, even though he weighs only 6½ stone, he can hurt me. I give him one back then - just to let him know who's boss. Amir Khan
british-actor door episode late next reminded seen whom wife worked
I worked with Hannah Gordon, whom I've seen today, and reminded her of an episode of My Wife Next Door that we did way back in the late 70s. John Leeson
british-novelist days eight harder hours nine reasonably six though work
I work reasonably hard. Though probably not harder than many people. I work probably eight or nine hours a day, six days a week. Anne Perry
british-actress changed clubs fairly heard system thank
I got it out of my system fairly early, when, thank God, the clubs all started diluting. From what I've heard the clubs have changed a lot. Rhona Mitra
british columbia decency hope minister prime somebody stop stuff support talking vote western woman
If they don't vote for her, I hope somebody will have the decency to tell them to go stuff it, ... If they won't support a young woman from British Columbia to be prime minister of Canada, I hope they stop talking about western alienation. Brian Mulroney
british-actor drinks particular reality solved
When he's solved that particular clue, then he's back to reality and he doesn't like it. I think that's why he drinks more than most. John Thaw
british-actor enjoyed quite wars
Star Wars was not a very big part but I enjoyed doing it and I get more fan mail for that than anything else I've ever done. It's quite extraordinary, it comes in every day, unbelievable. Julian Glover
british-musician creates musical
That creates the magic, and that's the wonderment of the musical process and how precious that is.
british future invaded iraq mass terrorism time weapons
Terrorism is coming. I told the Americans a long time before Aug 2 (the day in 1990 when Iraq invaded Kuwait) and told the British as well... that in the future there will be terrorism with weapons of mass destruction. Saddam Hussein
british council fellowship granted malcolm studies thesis work
My thesis was on kinetics studies with the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase. When that was finished, I was granted a British Council Fellowship to work under the supervision of Malcolm Dixon.
british-actor responsibility screen
My sense of responsibility to the audience is to screen things that they would never see in a local theater. Richard Wilson
british-author unless
My philosophy is, unless you're sick and need help, why bother? Jackie Collins