921 British Quotes for You to Enjoy

About 30% of fresh food is thrown away in supermarkets every day, although they will deny it. British households are throwing an estimated 30% of their food away, too. Arthur Potts Dawson

Food Day Every Day Will Every Too About Throwing Thrown Households Although Fresh Fresh Food Deny Estimated Away British

I worked with Michelle Yeoh on my last film, 'Far North,' and her partner is Jean Todt; at the time, he ran Ferrari. So I went as a VIP to the British grand prix. Asif Kapadia

Time Partner Ran He Ferrari North Michelle Grand Grand Prix Far Worked Jean Film Her Last British VIP

I am often accused of colluding with the British during the freedom struggle. I want to ask, how? Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Freedom Struggle How Am Accused Often Want Ask British

Reform and exchange in English poetry are as slow as in the British constitution itself. Austin Clarke

Constitution Slow Poetry Exchange Itself Reform English British

The British fans are very intense, maybe even more so than fans in the U.S.! They're great. Austin Mahone

Great Fans More Very Than Intense Maybe Even British

I love British television. I love the irony, I love the authenticity and I love the roles I get put up for. Ayda Field

Love Television Put Up Authenticity Get Roles Irony British

I'm from L.A., but everyone thinks that I'm British. Banks

Everyone Thinks British

I think Bond the character is distinct: He's British, he has a certain code that he lives by, he's incorruptible... he's a classical hero, but he's also fallible. He has inner demons, inner conflicts, and he's a romantic. Barbara Broccoli

Character Hero Think Distinct Classical He Also Demons Fallible Romantic Conflicts Certain Code Lives Inner Bond British Incorruptible

No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision. Barbara W. Tuchman

Government Decision Face Distressing More Come Than Which Requires Hard Moment Ever Fast Specific British British Government

The devadasis have a multilayered story, a story in which poverty, deprivation and injustice against women is central - but what has happened to them is absolutely an outcome of imperialism and the impact of British rule in India. Beeban Kidron

Injustice Women Poverty Rule Outcome India Impact Absolutely Imperialism Happened Story Which Central Against Them Deprivation British

I guess something that I've noticed from American acts who had success in touring is more of an explanation as to their music. Which is I think quite funny. I think British acts might like to leave more to the imagination - maybe a bit more obscure perhaps - a bit more shy. Ben Lovett

Success Funny Music Think Imagination Guess Bit Something More Obscure Had Touring Like Perhaps Leave American Quite Maybe Which Explanation Might Noticed Who Acts Shy British

'What if?' history is a tricky game, but there is no doubt that the senior planners of D-Day - including Eisenhower and the British general Bernard Montgomery - believed that the Double Cross operation had played a pivotal role in the victory. Ben Macintyre

History Game Victory Doubt Montgomery Bernard Tricky No Doubt Cross General Had Operation Role What If Senior Pivotal Eisenhower Double Planners Including Believed Played British

If I'm researching something strange and rococo, I'll go to the London Library or the British Library and look it up in books. Ben Schott

Library Strange Books London Something Look Go Up Researching British

Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. Bernadette Devlin

So the books have a greater appeal to a British audience, but that hasn't stopped them making best-seller lists in places like Brazil, Japan and at least a dozen other countries. Bernard Cornwell

Brazil Other Other Countries Books Best-Seller Countries Like Greater Audience Making Least Stopped Lists Places Japan Them Appeal Dozen British

Once, when a British Prime Minister sneezed, men half a world away would blow their noses. Now when a British Prime Minister sneezes nobody else will even say 'Bless You'. Bernard Levin

The International Brigades and the British volunteers were, numerically, only a small part of the Republican forces, but nearly all had accepted the need for organization and order in civilian life. Bill Alexander

Life Organization Civilian Only Small Small Part Had Part Volunteers Forces Accepted Were Order Republican International Brigade Nearly British Need

Yes, U.S. travelers dress better. The British are always so conspicuous in hot climates. They don't seem to wear shorts. American men seem to be comfortable wearing hot-weather clothing. Bill Bryson

Better Men Conspicuous Wear Wearing Dress Seem Hot Comfortable Always Yes American Clothing American Men Shorts Travelers British

There's definitely a pattern of great British shows that get reinvented in America and do really well here, but I think 'Torchwood' is a bit different. It's more of a hybrid that doesn't exist as a reinvention. Bill Pullman

Great Think Bit Definitely Hybrid More Well Exist America Get Different Pattern Really Shows Reinvented Reinvention Here British

Being a fan of authentic Dada, I find today's art - what I call 'Bankers' Dada' - mind-numbingly dull. The most challenging work I've seen of late is by The British Art Resistance. Their document, 'A Call for Heroes in an Age of Cowards', is apt in these days of witless chancers. Billy Childish

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