Quotes about british
british-actor poetry
There are so many things that poetry is about, one of which is memory. Peter Davison
british-actor poet poets
If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets.
british-actor poems proud reason whether written
I would like to be proud of having written some poems that will be remembered, but I will never know whether I will have any reason to be proud of that.
british-actor poems present receive seem three written
For instance, it's a little better now than it was two or three years ago, but something like 70% of the poems I receive seem to be written in the present indicative.
british-actor contact difficult emotions people
It is very difficult for people to come in contact with their own emotions and their own sensibilities.
british-actor poems reason writes
The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered.
british-actor device enable invented people poetry remember
Poetry was invented as an mnemonic device to enable people to remember their prayers.
british-actor ease
I just play him as myself, I don't ease myself into any role really. I stick a beard on and play me. Michael Gambon
british-statesman character greater sure
There is no greater index of character so sure as the voice. Benjamin Disraeli
british-statesman critical critics-and-criticism easier
It is easier to be critical than correct.
british-statesman opportunity ready secret success
The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
british-statesman life man opportunity ready secret success
The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
british-statesman critical easier
It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
british-scientist
I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life. Jean-Michel Basquiat
british-musician
We loved everything. We wanted to be able to do anything. Jim Capaldi
british-actor language
What language are you talking in now? It appears to be bollocks. Richard Wilson
british-author certainly city contrast local quite village
We were the local cockneys, well I wasn't quite a cockney, but I was certainly enchanted by the contrast between city and village life. Jilly Cooper
british-author failure fear man ought purpose sees
The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. T. S. Eliot
british-musician cents dollars evenings jam playing records
With Dollars And Cents on the album, we had it as a band jam and I sometimes spend evenings playing with records over the top of things we were working on to see what works. Colin Greenwood
british cannot cricket cup either english entirely hard home label language supported west
While I am most at home in London, I cannot really label myself as either British or Trinidadian. I write in the English language and live in the U.K. I find it hard to say that I am an entirely British writer, especially when I supported Trinidad in the 2006 World Cup and also support the West Indies cricket team.
british-scientist
The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force, and nothing but force; that matter, as popularly understood, does not exist, and is, in fact, philosophically inconceivable. Alfred Russel Wallace
british-scientist receive
To expect the world to receive a new truth, or even an old truth, without challenging it, is to look for one of those miracles which do not occur.
british-actor characters net scenes
I haven't seen the film yet because I just got in from London. In the scenes where the two characters are bantering with each other, it is like bobbing at the net in tennis. Albert Finney
british-actor
All we did in Alabama was have a read through with the script, but there was, 'No, well, it needs more. You've got to do this, Albert. You've got to do that, Jessica.' It didn't feel like that at all.
british-actor charts correct gives scene setting sounds tape trailer
We meet before the movie and she gives you charts with sounds on them and makes a tape of examples. While they are setting up the scene, I go with her to the trailer and we go through the scene and correct the speech.
british-actor enjoys great
It was great to do and it's exciting to do those things. That's another thing, that one enjoys the game.
british-actor certainly good
You just feel comfortable with him, and he certainly makes sure that you're comfortable. He makes sure that you feel good and that you're happy with what you're doing.
british-actor gives goes good great headphones run terrific work
She goes on the set with headphones and gives you notes. She's terrific and I always run to her now, because she is just great to work with, as well as very good at different accents.
british-actor stop
I think that I'm busy in the present, and I don't want to go back. Well, there's been an unauthorized biography, and you can't stop them. It didn't worry me.
british-actor tells
He tells you stories, but then, after a while, when you want more, he doesn't give you more. He insists on this old elaboration, the old stories that never changes.
british-actor start
You come on as a guest. You don't get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the boyfriend, then you are the lover, then you are the husband, then you are the father, and then you are the grandfather.
british came chief editor later magazine three time understood
By the time I came to the States, I really understood how a magazine works. I came to 'Vogue' as creative director, and three years later I went back to London to be editor in chief of British 'Vogue.' Anna Wintour
british-comedian country cultures drama genuinely incidents life moments teaches
I think you learn a lot about a country from its art. To me, it's part of the drama of life. It teaches you that there are places, moments and incidents in other cultures that genuinely have a life of their own. Michael Palin