Quotes of: British-people Keyword

As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later.

Alistair Cooke

If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum.

Arthur Eddington

I think the British audience might be more open-minded with some of my imagery and weird choices.

Adam Lambert

I've always felt that I was a bit of an outsider to the British children's-book illustration scene, because I don't work in line and wash.

Anthony Browne

I don't watch much British television at all. I mean, it's ironic because I used to work in it for years.

E. L. James

I'm not Tom Cruise. Very few British actors are. If you look at the body of work I've done it's pretty obvious I'm not going to make a 'Mission: Impossible.'

Jude Law

Food in wartime Britain, she had to admit, was hardly inspiring.

British Bulldog

Reticence was clearly a national characteristic, even if the other person spoke French.

British Bulldog

Why, that means you’re just a … busybody. You could be anyone. You could be a journalist.’ 

British Bulldog

Britishness is just a way of putting things together and a certain don't care attitude about clothes. You don't care, you just do it and it looks great.

Vivienne Westwood

Yes here's to the founding fathers—slave-owners, British citizens who didn't want to pay taxes...

Asterios Polyp

There will be no more British guys. Unless they are members of the royal family, of course.

Queen of Babble

The British Fashion Awards gives us the chance to commend not only the winners but celebrate all of the individuals that contribute to the incredible achievements that make London the best fashion destination in the world.

Natalie Massenet

For many, the icon of the British Museum is the Rosetta Stone, that administrative by-product of the Greek imperial adventure in Africa.

Neil MacGregor

A collection that embraces the whole world allows you to consider the whole world. That is what an institution such as the British Museum is for.

Neil MacGregor

As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he can help it.

Ronald Blythe

I've never been embedded with American soldiers or British soldiers or Iraqi soldiers or any other.

Robert Fisk

The Bradshaws suggests an extraordinary civilisation that existed long before modern man reached the British Isles.

Richard Flanagan

The most satisfying accomplishment for me was winning the British Open in 1996. But the most rewarding times were the times on the mini tours.

Tom Lehman

Shakespeare's language does not require a British accent. It requires a facility with language, and that's all.

Joss Whedon

The only difference between the Bel Air of the '90s and the Bel Air of my childhood is that now the nannies are Latina instead of British, and the cars European instead of American.

Lorna Luft