Quotes about British
British people would die for their right to drink themselves to death.
- John Oliver
The British press hate a winner who's British. They don't like any British man to have balls as big as a cow's like I have.
- Nigel Benn
Let's just agree any group of 3 or more handsome British men should be referred to as a 'cumberbatch.'
- Conan O'Brien
The British tend to be uptight; they shy away from being tactile.
- Anne Reid
The British media is sinking down, as the American news media has lowered the bar for all of humanity. British news media is definitely trying to stoop down to that level. Everyone is stooping to the lowest common denominator.
- John Oliver
But there is no such thing, sir, as a ghost, and I guess the laws of Nature are not going to be suspended for the British aristocracy
- Oscar Wilde
I've been going to Bicester Village since I was young. My mum and dad really loved that place, and I always used to stock up on clothes. I love the fact that it supports great British designers.
- Rita Ora
At certain times of grave national stress, when that rag-bag called the British Constitution is in grave danger of coming unstuck, thank heaven for the big safety-pin at the top that keeps it together.
- Anonymous
When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.
- Samuel Johnson
The British people know that, given strong leadership, time, and a little bit of hope, the forces of good ultimately rally and triumph over evil.
- Ronald Reagan
The players should appreciate how lucky they are with the opportunities they've got, and they've got to get out there and maximise that. That's what success is about and unfortunately in British tennis there are too many people over the years who haven't maximised their potential.
- Tim Henman
It's certainly true that I was brought up in that British amateur tradition, the one which always held that if you were reasonably good at cricket, knew one or two Latin texts and a few zingy Oscar Wilde quotes for dinner parties, you were pretty much ready to go and run some outpost in Hindustan.
- Damian Lewis