Quotes about british
british-scientist forced man possession truth
A man may be in as just possession of truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender. Thomas Browne
british-actor
Bring back dueling, I say. Drive-by sword fight. Tim Roth
british-scientist decline goes period
Nature's laws must be obeyed, and the period of decline begins, and goes on with accelerated rapidity.
british-scientist felt
For a deeper interest in the Moon than I ever felt before.
british-scientist contained human purpose sacred strongly truths
All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more strongly the truths come from on high, and contained in the sacred writings. William Herschel
british-actress truth
I would not have done much differently, but I would have loved to have done everything better. The truth is, I think I was just getting warmed up when the era ended. William Jackson
british-actress era locally mid networks produced shows
I pitched my last children's show presentation in the mid 1980's. The era of locally produced children's shows was over and the networks were not and are not interested in children's television.
british-actress cartoons interest mostly
I'm not up on today's television for children, because it's mostly cartoons that don't seem to interest me.
british couple family guy life loves
I'm a guy who loves my family, and we're probably only going to have a couple of more babies. I have the rest of my life to play the British Open. Webb Simpson
british-musician site station version
Our site should be like Paddington Station with a much better version of WH Smith's in it. Colin Greenwood
british catherine copied economy great margaret methods ruler saw since turn
Margaret Thatcher had more impact on the world than any woman ruler since Catherine the Great of Russia. Not only did she turn around - decisively - the British economy in the 1980s, she also saw her methods copied in more than 50 countries. Paul Johnson
british-novelist courted everybody neglected poor trusted valued
She was trusted and valued by her father, loved and courted by all dogs, cats, children, and poor people, and slighted and neglected by everybody else. Anne Bronte
british-actor freedom haunting mind
If you don't mind haunting the margins, I think there is more freedom there. Colin Firth
british-actor reasonably smug
I don't want to sound smug but I am reasonably satisfied with how it's gone. I think it's fine.
british-musician came case confined far gig hours lived notice twelve
We all lived in the same house, or most of us did. And as far as I can make out we were confined to the property, because at twenty-four hours' notice we'd have to do a gig somewhere. So you couldn't leave the building for more than twelve hours in case a gig came through. Bill Bruford
british finished hbo recently role series small top
I recently finished a job, an HBO movie 'Getting On,' a very dark comedy. It comes from a British series of the same name. In this role I have no hair, no make up and no nails. I play a very small role; she is not over the top and sassy. Niecy Nash
british humour public rocket science turns understanding
It turns out that understanding the British public is not rocket science. The British appreciate honesty and they also have a bonkers, off-the-wall sense of humour like me. Nicole Scherzinger
british cling decide either language politics system transition
The British political system and the whole clapped out Westminster architecture, and the language that we use about politics, it's completely unsustainable. You either decide to be part of that transition to do something different. Or you cling to old certainties. Nick Clegg
british-novelist
We have a model that we're following, and it's the Libya model. Mitchell Reiss
british fifa football identities olympic opposed present privileges separate since strongly threaten within
We have always been strongly opposed to anything that would threaten the separate identities of the British football associations and that has not and will not change. The present set-up has been around, in our case, since 1873 and we have separate privileges within FIFA and UEFA. From a football perspective, that is more important than participation in an Olympic Games. David Taylor
british guidance massively reduced sequence
We have already had a sequence of downgrades from British Airways, Lufthansa has reduced its guidance once, and KLM has massively reduced its guidance,
british jets
We have two British Airways jets parked on our runway.
british company good necessary strong survive tough
We can survive this, British Airways is a strong company, and will come through this in good shape, but we have to take the necessary tough measures.
british decent embassy main people single
In the British embassy in Afghanistan in 2008, an embassy of 350 people, there were only three people who could speak Dari, the main language of Afghanistan, at a decent level. And there was not a single Pashto speaker. Rory Stewart
british card europe family feels flown flying gone holder holidays quite since special spoiled travel
I have flown with British Airways since I was a very little child, so it feels quite special to have gone from family holidays flying around Europe to become a gold card holder and be spoiled enough to travel more than not in first class. Orlando Bloom
british-actor played seems
It seems so long ago that I played the part of the Doctor. Patrick Troughton
british-actor possibilities totally
I believed totally in the possibilities implied in the series. I never thought of it as fantasy. Far from it.
british-musician foster great museum seeing serious
Shouldn't a great museum foster serious seeing before all else?
british days empire exotic helped history huge indian ordered royalty various
If you look back at history, the various Maharajas of the Indian empire actually helped support a whole British industry. The royalty in those days ordered exotic cars in huge numbers.
british-dramatist design dull noted
It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it. Richard Steele
british-dramatist mind
Reading is to the mind what exercising is to the body.
british-scientist
Now this really is something to put on the mantelpiece. Mary Leakey
british-scientist continues glance intensely left threat transcends turns
She stops, pauses, turns to the left to glance at some possible threat or irregularity, and then continues to the north. This motion, so intensely human, transcends time.