Famous Quotes & Sayings

Murray Rothbard

Early economic theory was rooted in the Italian, French, and Spanish traditions, which were subjectivist oriented. Then it shifted onto the terrible path by Smith and Ricardo and the British classical tradition, which is 'objectivist' - values are in inherent in production.

Kate Bush

I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a lot of them. But it was really by my own choosing because I was devoting myself to songwriting and dancing and I wasn't really going out and seeing people.

Mark Knopfler

I finally got a job teaching English in a college, which I was delighted to have because it proved to be a real steadying influence.

Charles Kennedy

If British troops are committed to action, then the nation will, of course, support them. Their courage and skill is not in doubt.

Julia Ormond

I feel that David took a risk with me. I have a sense that by starting off in the theatre and going off to do films you are seen to sell out in some way. I don't hold truck with that, but you can't stop people from feeling it.

Julia Ormond

I found it all very scary. This fairytale gets built around you - as if you've been walking through the streets and then Sydney Pollack sees you and goes, 'I'll put you in something!'

Anthony Powell

Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

Simon Jenkins

Given that her mother lived to 101, the Queen is clearly in for the long haul. Therefore the Prince of Wales must simply wait. We can only wish his mother all health and happiness and get used to the fact that British heads of state will, in future, be very senior citizens.

Peter Mayhew

I was in the costume department having the costume made the next day, and we were shooting two weeks later when the main unit returned from Tunisia.

Jackie Collins

I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.

Sergio Garcia

I think I proved myself today, and I think the British Open is done, so I don't want to hear any more questions about it.

Michael Ball

Bunthorne's a high baritone, which is what I am. And I already come with the British accent, so that won't be a problem. You know, the designers came over and showed me the costumes. And they're wonderful--outrageous, campy, over-the-top. So maybe that's the new market I'm going to be cornering: campy, over-the-top characters who have a nasty side. Hmmm. What are they trying to tell me?

Simon Pegg

Because once the word got out that we were making Shaun of the Dead, we didn't want people to think we were backtracking or changing our minds.

Claire Forlani

I'm at a very different age. I'm no longer building my career as Sarah Jessica is. I've got it. And they can't take it away from me.

John Deacon

I have a few personal ambitions for the band.

I have met him (the British hostage) and told him not to worry as he will be released.

Tony Blair

I have listened and I have learned, ... And I think I have a very clear idea of what the British people now expect from this government for a third term.

Honor Blackman

I have a Calvin Klein travel handbag with four compartments that fold up. You can keep your tickets, passport and documents all together.

Keith Emerson

I had written movie scores, television series, played with other people. Carl had done the same with Asia, with other bands, everything. We weren't about to entrust Greg automatically with a production credit.

Charles Kennedy

I happen to consider myself a Highlander even before a Scot; I am proud to be British yet feel comfortable as a European citizen.

Gurinder Chadha

If I'm in a gathering of filmmakers, I'm first and foremost a British Indian; if I'm in a gathering of British Indians, I'm a woman director. There are so many sides to who I am that I change all the time.

John Thaw

I feel very proud to have created a character that is so respected. On the other hand, as an actor, I have more freedom now to do other things.

It hurts me not to have them. We can't pretend it doesn't matter. It's like a British Invasion set without the Beatles.

Rosamund Pike

I think you tend to try, during the time you've got off, to forget about the film. It was such a total world. I mean, the sets were claustrophobic, and as soon as you were on there, you were right back into it.

Jeremy Bulloch

I think The Empire Strikes Back had everything.

Rhianna Pratchett

I think the Dutch certainly get British comedy. And let's face it; a lot of it is pretty low-hanging fruit for the whole world now. There are probably tribes in the heart of the Papua New Guinean rainforest that know all the words to the Dead Parrot sketch.

Katharine Whitehorn

Hats divide into three classes: offensive hats, defensive hats, and shrapnel.

Sean Connery

His name is John Mason, a British national incarcerated in The Rock in 1962.

David Warner

I don't think I could be happy as an actor if there was a tyrant on the set.

Paul Nurse

I enjoyed my time at primary school because my teachers made the world seem such an interesting place and encouraged my innate curiosity.

Jane Asher

I enjoy the crafts on the show enormously, too, when we have experts in showing how to make things. You watch them thinking you'll go home and do the things yourself, which is fun. Some I have done myself later on.

Antonia Fraser

I enjoyed writing mysteries out of my imagination as a relief from all that research, and also because I could write them while traveling.

John Mayall

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.