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British Quotes

The education I received was a British education, in which British ideas, British culture, British institutions, were automatically assumed to be superior. There was no such thing as African culture.

Education Culture Ideas British Were

The whole nuclear-arms-control and non-proliferation policy of the nuclear powers is a fraud: The Americans could not prevent the Soviets from replicating their weaponry, and then could not object when the British did the same.

Fraud Same Policy British Whole Did

British crime stories tend to be very internal, psychological, claustrophobic, very limited in terms of geography.

Geography Crime British Stories Very

I think, Queen Victoria's diaries, I think you can get them if you go to the British Library.

Queen Library Think You Go British

It's often assumed that British actors read Shakespeare and sonnets as we're going to bed at night and we're all very familiar with it.

Night Bed British Going Read Very

When I was 13, I decided I was British and was going to stay that way.

Way British Stay Going Decided

My father enlisted at the age of 17. He lied about his age because he wanted to ride the fastest motorbikes, which were with the British army.

Genesis P-Orridge

Father Age Ride Army British He

I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.

Anthony Hopkins

Rest Famous Nonsense British Get

It seems appropriate that the author of '1984' was a British citizen. George Orwell must have seen how easily the great British public's lamb-like disposition toward its leaders could be exploited to create a police state.

Great Police Create Citizen British

In 1938, I was given a one-year teaching appointment, which was sensational for British universities. This was converted into the usual four-year contract for an Assistant Lecturer in 1939.

Contract British Teaching Appointment

There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.

Catherine Drinker Bowen

Arrogance Turn Twice British Trick

'In the nineteenth century, we beat the British more than once,' Afghans often told me. 'In the twentieth century, we beat the Russians. In the twenty-first, if we have to, we'll beat the Americans!'

William T. Vollmann

Me More Beat British Century Than

I grew up reading 'British Vogue' - I am so honoured and humbled to be taking up the mantle of editor.

Edward Enninful

I Am Reading Humbled Up British

The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.

Good Friends Enemies British Being

There are many reasons I feel at home in the U.K., but if I were asked to pinpoint the moment I knew I'd arrived, it might well be when I realised the British shared my love of fritters.

Yotam Ottolenghi

Love Home Moment Feel British Well

I wil not compare the education of an ancient Spartan with that of a British nobleman.

Education British Ancient Compare

You can't generalise about an entire country, but I like the energy of British men.

Men Energy You Country British Like

Go to the Savoy for a classic British tea and to see what a $350 million renovation can do for a hotel.

Tea Hotel Go Classic See British

In ancient British times, the whole country belonged to tribes, and the tribes owned their several districts. At the head of each tribe was the chief.

Sabine Baring-Gould

Country Tribe Head British Ancient

Will I ever forgive the British media for what they've done to me? No.

Me Media Done Will Forgive British

During school, I'd advertise cars in the University of British Columbia newspaper.

School Newspaper University British

But we had a fantastic coach, Simon Clifford, who runs a British football youth game which teaches Brazilian techniques - which is what we wanted to incorporate into the film. And some of those things we eventually got in.

Parminder Nagra

Football Youth Game Coach British

Early economic theory was rooted in the Italian, French, and Spanish traditions, which were subjectivist oriented. Then it shifted onto the terrible path by Smith and Ricardo and the British classical tradition, which is 'objectivist' - values are in inherent in production.

Murray Rothbard

Path Tradition Values Early British

I have this thing for British women. I love Judi Dench. I love Helen Mirren. I love these women, and I definitely do have big girl crushes on them.

Jennifer Nettles

Love Women Girl Big British Thing

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