Quotes about british
british-economist common retrograde states wages whether
The rise or fall of wages is common to all states of society, whether it be the stationary, the advancing, or the retrograde state. David Ricardo
british-economist
The exchangeable value of all commodities, rises as the difficulties of their production increase.
british-economist capital gradually left produce withdraw
If we were left to ourselves, unfettered by legislative enactments, we should gradually withdraw our capital from the cultivation of such lands, and import the produce which is at present raised upon them.
british-novelist incredibly tests work
Creative work is incredibly difficult, and that is where the tests lie. Jeanette Winterson
british-comedian grammy musical work
You know, Python should have won a Grammy for our musical work on the show. Graham Chapman
british-comedian
Dressing up as decrepit old ladies, and even decrepit young ladies, was one of our staples.
british-musician high
There's high, and there's high, and to get really high - I mean so high that you can walk on the water, that high-that's where I'm going. George Harrison
british-novelist excellent gained meeting resembles time
The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one. George Gissing
british-actress
I told them I wouldn't sign a blank cheque. Glenda Jackson
british details forces handed law people threats whether
We don't actually know the details of why these people were handed over - whether it was under threats or by collusion, or whatever, ... What we do know is that under the law they should have been handed back to the British forces themselves.
british government legal prepared respond
We do not think they (the British government) are doing enough. All the government would say is that they were not prepared to respond to our legal argument,
british-author
Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie. Jackie Collins
british brits cool taken
Brits are cool at the moment. We've taken over the world, what with 'Game of Thrones', 'Downton Abbey', One Direction... to be British is to be fashionable. Russell Tovey
british decision elected iraqi request taken
This decision will be taken by the British government, at the request of the Iraqi democratically elected representatives,
british good guy
This British guy makes a lot of good points.
british-comedian obviously written
This autocue was obviously written for someone else and I've been brought in at the last minute. Johnny Vegas
british crossing handed life lived since states worrying
They were crossing British Columbia-Idaho border, and they handed in their passports and they were told they would have to come inside. I don't think he'd been worrying about it, because he'd been in the states hundreds of times since he deserted. I don't think he lived his life that way.
british rights rule violation
This is a fundamental violation of the rule of law, our rights and traditional British values.
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 case quite rarely stop structured women
Quite a lot of British women stop working when they have children, and that is rarely the case in Denmark. We have a very flat, structured way of approaching everything. Nobody's the boss. In a sense, we're all equal.
british-musician five four last queen taken time
Queen has taken the all of our time for last four or five years, you know. John Deacon
british cite composer dirty dna folk formative louis melancholy music national
Purcell is a composer who had a formative influence on British music - even The Who now cite him as an influence. There's an intense, dirty harmony, but there's a Louis XIV kind of elan and style, too. He had the melancholy DNA of our national folk heritage. Charles Hazlewood
british george people radio
Radio was used powerfully by Josef Goebbels to disseminate Nazi propaganda, and just as powerfully by King George VI to inspire the British people to fight invasion. Rebecca MacKinnon
british-scientist idol proof pure whom
Proof is the idol before whom the pure mathematician tortures himself.
british-actress human introduced ordinary sing song start
The songwriters were introduced to me as ordinary human beings; they would play their songs, and sometimes I would start to sing a song with them.
british-actress experience los
I've never done a film in Los Angeles, so I don't know what that would be like - that experience of working in a big studio. I can't imagine... yet. Rosamund Pike
british-novelist
I try and do 2,500 words a day, every day of the year. Tom Holt
british close decided exactly knew
It was on the American and British watch, ... They knew exactly what was going on. They decided to close their eyes. Kofi Annan