Quotes about british
british-statesman general improvement mankind supposed taking
They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular.
british-statesman cause evolution force
Evolution is not a force but a process. Not a cause but a law.
british-statesman great life ought
A great interpreter of life ought not himself to need interpretation.
british-statesman cannot emotions
You cannot demonstrate an emotion or prove an aspiration.
british-statesman duty examine laws religion sure worship
Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.
british-statesman good hold unless
Even good opinions are worth very little unless we hold them in the broad, intelligent, and spacious way.
british-statesman brought good proverb
A proverb is good sense brought to a point.
british-statesman literature
Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions.
british-statesman man
No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.
british-statesman business great life
The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without and to depart.
british-musician
We know there's no use in getting miserable, so we go out on the town instead! Lee Ryan
british-comedian computer dare expensive none passed somehow
If you put garbage in a computer nothing comes out but garbage. But this garbage, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and none dare criticize it. Rory Bremner
british-statesman charge consistency depends reflect
But I have the satisfaction, at the same time, to reflect that the impression to be made depends upon the consistency of the charge and the motives of the prosecutors. Robert Walpole
british-statesman sole
I am called repeatedly and insidiously prime and sole minister.
british-statesman conduct given grants obtained placed since station symptoms
Have I given any symptoms of an avaricious disposition? Have I obtained any grants from the crown since I have been placed at the head of the treasury? Has my conduct been different from that which others in the same station would have followed?
british dropping excessive far fear fell handicap pilots troops weapon wide
For fear of dropping the troops in the sea, the pilots tended to drop them too far inland - some of them actually in the British lines. The weapon containers often fell wide of the troops, which was another handicap that contributed to our excessive casualties.
british consider good places ways
I'm free to see things objectively because I don't consider myself American, and I don't consider myself British or Indian. I'm kind of an amalgam or mongrel of a lot of different places and experiences. In a lot of ways it's been a good thing for me. It's enabled me to do what I do on 'The Daily Show.' Aasif Mandvi
british hope respect studios
Movie studios could learn a thing or two from British publishers. There is an intelligence, and a respect for writers; things that you hope for and never get in Hollywood. Terry Hayes
british-actor might younger
You don't have any kind of sense of being foolish when you are acting. When you're younger you don't want to look a fool, so you don't do things that might make you vulnerable. Tom Wilkinson
british-actor
When you're an actor you don't really know what you have to do until you see what you look like.
british-actor
One of the characteristics of plays that are made into films is that they can be very talky.
british-actor miramax
Once Miramax gets involved, if they like your movie, there's a big machine that gets involved.
british-actor standing stuff
Most stuff you can do standing on your head.
british-actor goes good great straight
It's no good being great in something that goes straight to video.
british-actor easy good tend work
All good actors are easy to work with. It's the ones that aren't very good who tend to be very difficult.
british-actor
Acting for me is not that quid pro quo.
british-actor clothes costume knew looked rehearse role unless
I once did a role which I couldn't rehearse in my street clothes, I had to have the character's costume on before I could rehearse it. I just couldn't think as the character unless I looked like him, or I knew that I looked like him.
british-actor
If the script is telling the story well, that is your inspiration, and you do not need to go somewhere else.
british
You are part of our Great British family. Boris Johnson
british brits guys honest pants wear
Could I see myself with a British boyfriend? Absolutely. The way they wear their pants is so cute. Guys don't do it in America. Their style is cute. I just feel like Brits are honest - period. And that's what I like. Kelly Rowland
british job minister politics prime running
Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. Ken Livingstone
british-actor clean comedy gives greater honest national outraged people shocking vulgarity
People need to be peppered or even outraged occasionally. Our national comedy and drama is packed with earthy familiarity and honest vulgarity. Clean vulgarity can be very shocking and that, in my view, gives greater involvement. Kenneth Williams
british-actor originator socially
The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive.