British Quotes

What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule.

Our nonviolence vis-а-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak.

The collectors of revenue and the policeman are the only symbols by which millions in India's villages know British rule.

There is as much need for a change of heart among the Hindus and Mussalmans as there is among the British, before a proper settlement is arrived at.

That I want to destroy British imperialism is another matter, but I want to do so by converting those who are associated with it.

India is less manly under the British rule than she ever was before.

The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe.

My conception of dominion status implies present ability to severe the British connection if I wish to.

The British Government in India constitutes a struggle between modern civilization, which is the Kingdom of Satan, and the ancient civilization, which is the Kingdom of God.

It would be a blunder of the first magnitude for the British to be a party, in any way whatsoever, to the division of India.

Unless nonviolence of the strong is really developed among us, there should be no thought of civil disobedience for Swaraj, whether within the states or in British India.

Everyone knows that the Zionist regime is a tool in the hands of the United States and British governments.

The ways of the British are inscrutable but they always seem to obtain their own ends without compromising their dignity or their honor.

British innovation in design, in the creative arts, in engineering and manufacturing is world class.

rain is one thing the British do better than anybody else.

One of the things which separates British and American culture is the reverence for the flag in American culture.

Some British actors are snobby about telly, and I don't understand that.

I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes.' I've seen every single British detective show ever made.

Hey, I saw this old British movie, all the people spoke so different, you could hardly understand them. But everyone here speaks American as good as you and me. What's with that?

...it was never a good idea to date a foreigner. You can never tell when they're lying.' 'hello. Dave was BRITISH.

It is a real honour to have been modelling for Britain's biggest paper for half a decade. Page Three is a British institution and it has been brilliant to be part of it.

Overall his period in office can only be characterised as a decade of missed opportunities in which the hopes of the British people for a new kind of politics were shattered [on Tony Blair]

We can only use British actors because everybody's got to talk exactly the same.

I will ensure we honour the instructions the British people have given us. I argued for specific changes in the referendum campaign, I believe in them, I will deliver them.

The British prime minister will want to have a strong and positive relationship with European leaders always.

If I'm the British prime minister I won't be dictated to on the timetable or the manner of the negotiations.

The British people rejected politics as usual and government as usual. They want and need a new approach to running this country.

That's what this war is all about, my friend. It's about which of us is the crazier.And clearly you British have an advantage.You were crazy beforehand.

The Cayman Islands, a British Crown colony in the Caribbean, for instance, is the fifth largest banking center in the world.

Biographies of British pop celebrities are terrible.

It is absolutely bedrock to the British Army's philosophy that a commanding officer is responsible for what goes on within his command.

The problem with the British film industry is the nervousness and insecurity about - and genuflection toward - Los Angeles.

I am very happy to be part of European and world cinema as a British filmmaker.

Dad loved movies and I grew up with British comedy. My ultimate favourite is Peter Sellers.

It is a cliché about British bands going to America and being broken by the experience.

I have two Filipino nannies who have British passport and not me. I don't need British passport. When you were running around in an animal skin, my ancestors were building the pyramids.

With respect to the situation in Al-Faw, the British told big lies. In Al-Faw, our forces' positions remained in place.

One of my assistants, a British man, says I should find a platform for [cosmetic industry]. Meanwhile I wear make-up.

Anything said in upper-crust British automatically sounded intelligent.

I consider myself British and have very happy memories of the UK. I spent the first 14 years of my life in England and never wanted to leave. When I was in Australia I went back to England a lot.

[I like to cook] Shepherd's pie, which is a classic British dish. But my version reflects my Jamaican roots, because I add jerk to it as well.

I really like Roland Moret, Alexander McQueen and Marios Schwab, a young British designer.

Under the British healthcare system, there is a commission that decides whether or not, based on your age and physical condition, the government should continue to pay for your health.

An example is ObamaCare, which is now embattled in the Senate. If that goes through the way [Barack] Obama wants, we will have something very much like the British system.

British fashion is a serious business. The British fashion industry is worth £21bn to the U.K. economy and employs 819,000 people across the country.

I just wear what I like and lots of it is British.

Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.

What I hope is in five years' time, I can go to the British people in the election and say: Lots of you doubted that coalition politics worked, but it has worked.

I'm obsessed with the Victorian era and the British Royal Navy... I'd love to play a troubled sailor or captain or a boatman on a three masted ship.

British chancellor is telling the rest of Europe it must abandon democracy. It's appalling.