Quotes about british
british-comedian director programmes seen supposed vehicle
I'm supposed to be the director of a television company, but I've only ever seen that company as a vehicle for making the kind of programmes we wanted to make, getting our ideas on the screen. Rory Bremner
british cheap humble meat perception posh quality recovered sausages today
Manufacturers today are reinventing sausages as posh nosh with quality-led production, after the association with mechanically recovered meat and cheap fillers tarnished the perception of this humble British staple.
british-actor bruce great hero impressed jackie jet lee likes mine
I'm impressed with the likes of Jet Li and Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee was a big hero of mine for many years. They're great influences. Jason Statham
british surreal
I love British humor. It's just so - surreal. Beck
british-scientist
It's the right idea, but not the right time. John Dalton
british-scientist universe
It is my supposition that the Universe in not only queerer than we imagine, is queerer than we can imagine. John B. S. Haldane
british-scientist injustice madly nation provoke seen vicious
What did our nation ever do to provoke these madly vicious enemies? What is seen as injustice in one place is seen as just requital in the other. Mary Douglas
british current eight former heritage includes number quality status testament
The quality of the field, which includes eight current or former world number ones, is testament to the unrivalled heritage of the British Open, underpinning the event's status as the most prestigious championships in the world.
british happy help living moving people reasonably stay support
I will stay living in Staffordshire. Other people would be moving offshore. I am reasonably happy to help support the British economy. I have done very well out of Britain. John Caudwell
british-author extent people remained wondered
I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one peeled back the layers of living one would come to the know child. Dick Francis
british-actor room since widely
I was in my mid-20s when I did A Room With A View, and now I'm 41. I can't think of anything since that has been that widely viewed. Julian Sands
british-novelist crack endless entirely french novels surprising tales though
I still have to crack the French market, though that isn't entirely surprising considering that the Sharpe novels are endless tales of French defeat. Bernard Cornwell
british-actor morse sadly
I think sadly that Morse thinks that he can exist on his own and he only realises at the end that he can't and never really has been able to. I feel sorry for him. John Thaw
british-musician great life musician
I think one of the great moments of my life was when I could write musician on my passport. Jon Anderson
british challenge empire fool fools-and-foolishness studied
I tell you, as one who has studied the whole situation, I don't think Hitler is a fool - he is not going to challenge the British Empire
british introduce job opinion others people pure separate sketch standup
I think in 2006 we will introduce another Perrier. Some people want an international award, to separate the British from others, and others still want a pure standup award, with no slides or sketch comedy. It's my job now to canvass opinion as to what it should be.
british introduce job opinion others people pure separate sketch standup
I think in 2006 we will introduce another Perrier, ... Some people want an international award, to separate the British from others, and others still want a pure standup award, with no slides or sketch comedy. It's my job now to canvass opinion as to what it should be.
british-scientist hear hoping interested love protein
Well, I'm always hoping to hear from interested chemists and protein chemists, because I'd love for these experiments to be done properly. Rupert Sheldrake
british citizens follow hope
We hope British citizens will follow it, but we have no way of obliging British citizens to do so, Jack Straw
british-dramatist history iron jewish later next people sooner truth vulnerable wave
Without a Jewish state, the iron truth of history is that the Jewish people sooner or later become even more vulnerable to the next wave of anti-Semitism.
british expect issue tax taxed year
We don't tax British diplomats in Washington, and we don't expect our diplomats to be taxed here either. We had negotiations for over a year on this issue and couldn't come to an agreement.
british either love quite
Well, Gibraltar is a place which you either love or hate. I quite like it. It's a rock, that is essentially what it is. It's a British colony. Nigel Short
british broad lay length mocking pencil self
You lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier, You, who with mocking pencil wont to trace, Broad for the self-complacent British sneer, His length of shambling limb, his furrowed face.
british-actress
Really, in a way, I took over the male role. Honor Blackman
british-actress cathy taking
In fact, I'll be taking a lot of Cathy Gale with me. I expect that was why I was chosen for the part.
british-actress catherine female viewers
Female television viewers paid attention to Catherine Gale.
british courses dozen far favorite flow great holes naturally particular perfect picture playing rarely round sight sound west whenever whose
Whenever I dream of playing a perfect round of golf, which I rarely do more than a dozen times a day, I picture myself on one of my favorite British Open-style links, and in particular the great courses of the west of Ireland, whose holes flow through naturally bunkered dunesland never far from the sight or sound of surf. Henry Beard
british-comedian exist experts field people phone pick position rather share
We are rather in the position that used to exist at the BBC, where you feel that you can pick up the phone to people who are experts in their field and they will be very favourably disposed to you and share their knowledge.
british developed episode free large market might money movement rather truth
The truth is that the free movement of goods, people, and money that developed under British hegemony between 1870 and 1913 - the first episode of globalization - was made possible, in large part, by military might rather than market forces. Ha-Joon Chang
british-actor fan football massive
No, I'm not a lager lout either. I think you have to be a massive football fan to be a lager lout. Hugh Dancy
british-actor
Because I don't really think of myself as a hunk, to be honest.
british-musician definitely last looking rather thom voices
On the last two records, Thom was definitely looking for other instruments to give him voices rather than have his own voice at the front. Colin Greenwood
british casualties presence safer
On many levels, the British presence is more sustainable. It is safer in the Shiite south, and casualties are low.