Quotes about british
british-author submerged truth
Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top. Virginia Woolf
british-author poems signing wrote
Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.
british fly glad leaving
When I fly British Airways, I can't help but read the free Daily Mail, which makes me glad I am leaving the country. Martin Parr
british-actor commenting entire familiar further study
I don't think the process was successful and should be inspected closer. I am not afraid to say I am not familiar with the entire process, so before commenting further I would have to study the process more in depth. Vincent Frank
british-actor children compete job schools trained
Also, if we take back our schools and concentrate on improving them so our children get a better education, they will be better trained to compete for a job locally.
british-actor city companies create fixed force free hire jersey jobs local percentage spirit
I do feel we can create more jobs and opportunities for Jersey City residents, but in the spirit of free enterprise, I do not think it is right to force companies to hire a fixed percentage of local residents.
british-actor commands rank recommend respect
I would first recommend we appoint a Police Director that commands the respect of the rank and file.
british-actress everybody
I came over when I was 10 years old, which was very difficult because everybody made fun of me. Nicollette Sheridan
british-statesman
I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.
british-statesman government preserve prevent
The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.
british-statesman men support
That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.
british-statesman fool honest
A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.
british-statesman
It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.
british-statesman entertain esoteric maintain rugged safest side steep transit unpopular
My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it.
british-statesman confess failed faults incapacity less love man pursuit wounds
It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the love of pleasure, etc., etc., which are his own faults, than through incapacity and unfitness, which are the faults of his nature.
british-statesman except
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
british-actor contest knew next
The story grew, got way bigger than the contest rules called for, and next thing I knew I had a book. Leslie Banks
british-actress fair less means pay rooted
What is not fair now is that corporations pay less and less tax, which means that you and I pay more because we're rooted somewhere, they've got our address, right? Susan George
british merchants
The British needlewoman follows blindly where the merchant leads. Ann Macbeth
british death deeply difficult family iraq soldier sympathies thoughts
The death of this British soldier in Iraq deeply saddens me. All our thoughts and sympathies are with the family at this very difficult time.
british-actor encouraged instead
In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed. Robert Powell
british-actor
It was just two energies between two people, you can't prescribe that. Ralph Fiennes
british-dramatist
Come dress yourself in love, let the journey begin.
british-musician god harmless opportunity
I've got the god given talent or the god given opportunity better put, to let that out in a harmless way you know, and I don't know what it does to you, I don't really know. Eric Clapton
british-musician cause fantasy front gone kids lived stepped straight walk
Yeah, and I went straight into a fantasy world. Just stepped straight into the abyss. You know, I was gone and kids used to walk past my front room, cause I lived on the green.
british-musician tracks
A lot of our tracks have sounded a lot better than I thought they would because of recording, mixing, and because I probably didn't hear it that way. I'm not a songwriter. Charlie Watts
british-musician
I think it's an awful drink, to be honest with you.
british-actress liked
I'm not afraid. I never liked long last acts. Lillie Langtry
british-musician kids
You don't want to give kids an idea that they might not have thought of. John Walters
british-musician culture
Some of these pro-drug messages come from popular culture.
british-musician rewarding work
To work to make the lives or others better is the most rewarding work of all.
british-musician gains harms sustain
We need to educate Americans about the real harms of marijuana if we want to sustain the gains we've made over the past three years.
british-musician interest parenting sure teens
We all have an interest in making sure teens grow up healthy and drug-free.