British Quotes

The British Government has no right in Ireland, never had any right in Ireland, and never can have any right in Ireland.

The Regulars are coming out!

After the conquest of the South Pole by Amundsen who, by a narrow margin of days only, was in advance of the British Expedition under Scott, there remained but one great main object of Antarctic journeying - the crossing of the South Polar continent from sea to sea

I believe in American exceptionalism, just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.

Can't' will be the epitaph of the British Empire - unless we wake up in time.

In 1860 a total eclipse of the sun was visible in British America.

The biggest looters are the British Museum.

A fleet of British ships at war are the best negotiators.

I am not a British isolationist. I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too.

Let everyone leave all the guns - British guns and Irish guns - outside the door.

Why lower oneself to taking pride from being American or British, when you can boast of being man!

Whether you agree with me, disagree with me, like me or loathe me, don't bind my hands when I am negotiating on behalf of the British people.

I know the British people and they are not passengers - they are drivers.

I can make your tears fall down like the showers that are British.

In [The New Poetry] I had attacked the British poets' nervous preference for gentility above all else, and their avoidance of the uncomfortable, destructive truths both of the inner life and of the present time.

The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right.

I have had and still do have every confidence in Paul Nitze, a man whom I have known for decades, one of the wisest servants of the American nation but always willing and capable of taking into account the interests of their allies, whoever: the British, or the French or the Germans or others.

As an undergraduate I majored in British and American literature at Rice University.

Being British, I don't really have a way of expressing myself in conversation. Music transcends language.

The British government needs to bring its system in Ireland under control.

Primary responsibility for Brexit lies with British conservatives, who took an entire continent hostage.

My unbeaten record and the 10 British Open wins have not been equalled.

British women can't cook.

No treaty should be ratified without consulting the British people in a referendum.

You hear entertainers all the time, saying, 'If I couldn't get paid for this, I'd do it for free.' When's the last time you ever heard a business person say, 'If I couldn't get paid for being chairman of British Petroleum, I'd do it for free'?

The British soldier who thought himself superior, actually became so.

British business is disappointed that the MPC felt unable to act more boldly to counter the worsening economic circumstances and the sharp slowdown in the pace of economic activity,.

The British press has an insatiable appetite for making public things that should be private. It's a prurience that I've never understood.

It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it.

When the weather's good, there's no better place to be than the British countryside.

There are no Rohingya among the races [in Burma]. We only have Bengalis who were brought for farming [during British rule].

The British cinema had been very dull and conformist.

The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.

I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.

I would rather be British than just.

I am certainly not racist; I even like the British.

The British public sees with blinding clarity.

The British have always coped without becoming a dictatorship.

I love English girls! I adore all their different accents. Who knows, I could find a British girlfriend on my travels!

Over 30 years ago, Airbus was founded by a European consortium of French, German, and later Spanish and British companies to compete in the large commercial aircraft industry with U.S. companies.

If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it.

Be blind. Be stupid. Be British. Be careful.

I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from England.

I can always tell if a band has a British rhythm section due to the gritty production.

American audiences tend to be more expressive than British ones.

There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.

Continental directors, as opposed to British and American, tend to be somewhat high-handed in their approach.

I give no more paroles to British officers.

I don't enjoy British shows as a rule because British audiences are strange.

I'm British. I don't really have access to my emotions on a daily basis.