Famous Quotes & Sayings

Glenda Jackson

I told them I wouldn't sign a blank cheque.

We don't actually know the details of why these people were handed over - whether it was under threats or by collusion, or whatever, ... What we do know is that under the law they should have been handed back to the British forces themselves.

We do not think they (the British government) are doing enough. All the government would say is that they were not prepared to respond to our legal argument,

Jackie Collins

Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie.

Russell Tovey

Brits are cool at the moment. We've taken over the world, what with 'Game of Thrones', 'Downton Abbey', One Direction... to be British is to be fashionable.

We think it's pretty important to maintain contact with the customer. And when you have someone who speaks with a British accent, they say things so much nicer than we do.

Victor Saville used to say to me, Darling, you look beautiful. With his magic and the lighting there was no doubt about it, I looked beautiful!

Elvis Costello

Very similar experience happened last year when we released this album, North. It was on Deutsche Grammophon, it was very, very honest. It was the most honest record I've ever written.

Peter Davison

Very often, what I find newest is something very old. It's just a little jingle, a little rhythm, a little turn, a little trope.

Peter Cushing

I didn't set out to make this kind of picture. It just came my way. But its been going on for me for 16 years now and its wonderful for an actor to work consistently. There seems to be an insatiable audience for this type of film.

Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress.

People have a tendency to see country life through rose-colored glasses.

I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.

Simon Pegg

There are a lot of visual marks that have to be hit, and lines that need to be said in a right way - so there wasn't really any improvisation on the set when it came to the bulk of the script.

Simon Pegg

The only spoof I think is the title, which was just we thought of very early on and it kind of stuck.

Simon Pegg

I loved playing Shaun, he's not that different from me.

Simon Pegg

You always worry about films when you hear about them making decisions after announcements are made.

Simon Pegg

In England, we don't have any guns whatsoever.

Simon Pegg

You look at shows like The Simpsons or Larry Sanders or Curb Your Enthusiasm or Seinfeld, they're really sophisticated shows that we all love back home.

Simon Pegg

You don't look at each other on the subway.

This underlines what people have been forecasting for some time, that Basra is a potential source of trouble, though easily dealt with by British troops until now.

This will be Bernard's first twelve round fight and Wilders will represent a new kind of challenge. He's a very experienced fighter and a former British and European champion so this will be a big test for Bernard.

Angela Cartwright

You can hold tight to a character and say, This is mine, or you can just kind of say, Hey, you know what? This is the next generation.

Winston Churchill

with her factories equipped to the very latest point of science by British and American money.

Simon Pegg

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.

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.

John Thaw

We all know that somebody did it, but how did they find the answer?

Rita Ora

To me, British fashion has a story. It has history, and I feel it's very much about our culture.

There is nothing more boring than doing singing exercises.

Two British spies have been arrested. Of course they are not silent. They are talking.

The Royal Family's popularity in the USA, as well as royal heritage and our historic palaces and attractions, will help us encourage support for British tourism and remind consumers that there is still plenty of reason to visit Britain.

Stephen Daldry

The Royal Court has been at the centre of British cultural life for the past 50 years ... I think the fact that it's managed to maintain its position over 50 years is an extraordinary achievement.

Claire Bloom

I've spent my life pursing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow.