Quotes about british
british-novelist great sign stay
All we do is sign great teams, and stay out of the way. The rest will take care of itself.
british-actor children grown left
The children are grown up and left home. Jeremy Bulloch
british-statesman change country
In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable. Benjamin Disraeli
british-actor performance poetic poets seem tradition trouble
The trouble with the performance poets is that they don't seem to have read anything. So there is not a real sense of the poetic tradition in their work. Peter Davison
british-actor performance
An emotional performance is usually more instinctive to an actor. Alan Bates
british-musician ounce worth
An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition. Michael Korda
british-scientist classify easy growing physical trend violent
Another very interesting trend which it is not easy to classify is the growing repudiation of coercion, especially of violent or physical coercion.
british-author country woman
As a woman, I have no country. As a woman my country is the world. Virginia Woolf
british-actor
As a director he was not that interested in Vader. David Prowse
british case coast french heading involved ivory leadership operation playing pressure provide role share similar states united
Pressure from the British because they are playing a similar role in neighboring Sierra Leone, pressure from the French because they are also heading a peacekeeping operation in the Ivory Coast -- and also they are involved in the Congo. So there is a sense that the United States should provide leadership and share some of the international peacekeeping burdens, and Liberia is most appropriately a case for U.S. leadership.
british case quite rarely stop structured women
Quite a lot of British women stop working when they have children, and that is rarely the case in Denmark. We have a very flat, structured way of approaching everything. Nobody's the boss. In a sense, we're all equal.
british-musician five four last queen taken time
Queen has taken the all of our time for last four or five years, you know. John Deacon
british cite composer dirty dna folk formative louis melancholy music national
Purcell is a composer who had a formative influence on British music - even The Who now cite him as an influence. There's an intense, dirty harmony, but there's a Louis XIV kind of elan and style, too. He had the melancholy DNA of our national folk heritage. Charles Hazlewood
british george people radio
Radio was used powerfully by Josef Goebbels to disseminate Nazi propaganda, and just as powerfully by King George VI to inspire the British people to fight invasion. Rebecca MacKinnon
british-scientist idol proof pure whom
Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.
british damage defense disclosure hearing held national
Our defense is that disclosure of the memo would not damage the British national interest, so why should any hearing be held in private?
british-novelist developers great platforms
Our developers will make great games for whatever high-end platforms exist.
british-comedian build dropping people preferred since sketches sleeping taking
Other people build sketches after taking too many sleeping pills, but I never preferred that method, since I would keep dropping my pencil. Graham Chapman
british-musician people
People say we are survivors but I don't see us as survivors of anything. We are still here, there's nothing that's come and tried to dislodge us. We just go about our business. Dave Mason
british-actor change internet people talking though
People are talking about the Internet as though it is going to change the world. It's not going to change the world. It's not going to change the way we think, and it's not going to change the way we feel.
british-actor people
People ask, how do you cope, and all I can say is that you do.
british mr prime tony
Oh, he is my husband, Mr Tony Blair, the British Prime Minister, Cherie Blair
british cup experience goal last playing presidents team year
After the experience of playing on the Presidents Cup team last year, my only goal this year was to make the Ryder Cup team. For me, it was more important to play in the Ryder Cup than the British Open. Fred Funk
british cooperation iraq pulled step troops
After the end of 2006, British troops can be pulled out step by step in cooperation with Iraq forces, Jalal Talabani
british-dramatist observer
A fair observer only has to ask: If there is violence, who profits?
british-historian carrying democracy evil force party tyranny
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections. Lord Acton
british challenge faced muslim profound
the most profound challenge yet faced by the British Muslim community. Shahid Malik
british-actor
The most precious things in speech are pauses. Ralph Richardson
british-actor sack
Actually, the Department of Transport were at one stage going to sack me.
british-actress difficult hope others stick stories technical works
Some stories are more technical than others and more difficult to do. You just have to stick with it and hope it all works out in the end. Sarah Sutton
british calculated computers days far few forecast future however learned limits powerful
Some things, like the orbits of the planets, can be calculated far into the future. But that's atypical. In most contexts, there is a limit. Even the most fine-grained computation can only forecast British weather a few days ahead. There are limits to what can ever be learned about the future, however powerful computers become. Martin Rees
british-musician ups
No, we have our ups and downs, but we're all very up at the moment.
british-historian business economize
The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time. Matthew Hale