Famous Quotes & Sayings

Antonia Fraser

As the seventh wife of Henry VIII I hope I would have managed to do the old monster in-my cooking comes to mind, as I am a hopeless cook.

At Subaru we gave opportunities to young British drivers, taking first Colin McRae, then Richard Burns to the world rally title. That is a goal of mine in Formula One.

At some time late in life, he may have returned to the British Isles.

Terence Stamp

At the beginning, it was tough for me to actually become an actor. I was so thrilled that I was able to earn my living doing something I truly loved.

At 300 to 500 feet, you can actually swim to the surface. It is very dangerous to do so, but it has been done by the British Royal Navy.

Frank Deford

At the end of the day it was a guy from Nepal and a guy from New Zealand who conquered the world's highest peak for the British Empire. Bannister's feat a year later meant as much to the nation if not more. An Englishman had finally got to the top of the mountain.

Paul Nurse

At the end of the 1980s as a complete surprise my old Edinburgh friend, Ed Southern offered me the Chair of Microbiology at the University of Oxford.

Consolidation isn't new, though... it was a major factor in our rush to form the Gathering and place a stake in the ground to ensure that there is a solid path for developers who are willing to stay independent and build their own companies on their own terms.

Peter Cushing

I didn't set out to make this kind of picture. It just came my way. But its been going on for me for 16 years now and its wonderful for an actor to work consistently. There seems to be an insatiable audience for this type of film.

Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress.

People have a tendency to see country life through rose-colored glasses.

I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.

Simon Pegg

There are a lot of visual marks that have to be hit, and lines that need to be said in a right way - so there wasn't really any improvisation on the set when it came to the bulk of the script.

Simon Pegg

The only spoof I think is the title, which was just we thought of very early on and it kind of stuck.

Simon Pegg

I loved playing Shaun, he's not that different from me.

Simon Pegg

You always worry about films when you hear about them making decisions after announcements are made.

Simon Pegg

In England, we don't have any guns whatsoever.

Simon Pegg

You look at shows like The Simpsons or Larry Sanders or Curb Your Enthusiasm or Seinfeld, they're really sophisticated shows that we all love back home.

Simon Pegg

You don't look at each other on the subway.

Washington liked that look, because it made the British think they were all crack shots.

Warren Spector is amazing, and his team is as good as any in the business. Shame to see all the revenues from their game entangled with all the madness of the Dallas office.

This underlines what people have been forecasting for some time, that Basra is a potential source of trouble, though easily dealt with by British troops until now.

This will be Bernard's first twelve round fight and Wilders will represent a new kind of challenge. He's a very experienced fighter and a former British and European champion so this will be a big test for Bernard.

Angela Cartwright

You can hold tight to a character and say, This is mine, or you can just kind of say, Hey, you know what? This is the next generation.

Winston Churchill

with her factories equipped to the very latest point of science by British and American money.

Women are only children of a larger growth. A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humours and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.

John Thaw

We all know that somebody did it, but how did they find the answer?

Rita Ora

To me, British fashion has a story. It has history, and I feel it's very much about our culture.

There is nothing more boring than doing singing exercises.

Two British spies have been arrested. Of course they are not silent. They are talking.

Jack Straw

Those residents who are there should consider leaving unless their presence there is essential, ... British citizens who remain should exercise extreme caution, especially in public places.

Colin Greenwood

We try to treat everywhere we play differently and that's really important.

Jalal Talabani

We don't want British forces forever in Iraq. Within one year, I think at the end of 2006, Iraqi troops will be ready to replace British forces in the south.