921 British Quotes for You to Enjoy

When I was in high school, there were these British blues-rock-type bands with really good guitar players that would jam on one song for half an hour. And as much as I was amazed by some of those guitar players, seeing them prompted me to make a note that that's not something I could do. David Byrne

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I am not a British isolationist. I don't just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. David Cameron

Better Too Deal Am Just Want Europe Britain British

If we left the European Union, it would be a one-way ticket, not a return. So we will have time for a proper, reasoned debate. At the end of that debate you, the British people, will decide. David Cameron

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As an undergraduate I majored in British and American literature at Rice University. David Eagleman

Undergraduate American Literature American Literature Rice British University

British people are surprised that I'm British! David Harewood

People British People Surprised British

American television, for all its faults, still has a black presence in shows and even in commercials. You'll see black people in automobile ads, black women starring on their own television shows. We don't see that on British television. David Harewood

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The idea that American producers and directors are choosing black British talent to save themselves a buck or two is ridiculous - it's because we're damn good. David Harewood

Good Black Damn Directors Buck Idea Talent Because American Themselves Producers Choosing Ridiculous Two British Save

It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it. David Hockney

See About Something Unusual Go Very Paint British

I will continue to entertain the great British public. Because that is what I love doing. David Jason

Love Great Will Entertain Because Doing Continue Public British

We seem to have lost our British sense of humour. It's a great shame. We have to be so careful nowadays; we have lost a lot of humour because people are too frightened of getting too near touchy subjects. David Jason

Great People Lost Sense Nowadays Too Humour Our Seem Touchy Shame Because Lot Subjects Frightened Getting Near British Careful

I love the British. David Mamet

Love British

The big risk to British lives in 2013 is in Afghanistan. Our troops, diplomats and aid workers have made a big contribution there. But while there is an end date for Western engagement, 2014, there isn't a proper end game. David Miliband

Game Made Big Aid Our Diplomats Proper Risk Date Troops Western End Contribution Afghanistan While Workers Engagement Lives British

The whole of government needs to contribute to the shared goal of restructuring the British economy. But that means taking on the myth that the Treasury either knows best or can run it all. It just doesn't. David Miliband

Government Best Needs Myth Run Restructuring Shared Taking Economy Knows Goal Contribute Just Either Means Whole Treasury British

This might sound really foolish, but when I came to Edinburgh in 1988 I had spent nearly all my life living south of Bristol, and I was just amazed that a city like Edinburgh was actually in the British isles. David Nicholls

I am not in favour of the takeover of excellent and strategically important British companies by struggling foreign firms whose actions are fuelled by tax avoidance, and who want to asset-strip the intellectual property of the British company and then dismember it. David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville

Even if Pfizer committed itself legally to maintaining some of its research and development in the U.K., its takeover of AstraZeneca would involve dismembering an excellent and strategically important British company. David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville

Important Research Would Some Excellent Takeover Development Maintaining Involve Itself Legally Committed Company Strategically Even British

The joy of my career is I've been very blessed to be able to be an actor in major films, television, theater, and also British radio. In fact, my dream as an actor when I started out was to be able to work in all the media. Thankfully, that's what I'm being given to do. David Suchet

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Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British comedian in the world. David Walliams

You World Believe Otherwise Would Comedian Most Successful Ricky British

We have a very good history of manufacturing in this country but I worry that these skills are being lost. We walk around saying, 'We haven't got any manufacturing any more' but Made In Britain really means something, particularly in other parts of the world. We need to support British manufacturing. Deborah Meaden

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The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun. Dennis Farina

Words Fun Slang British

The British scene in boxing, not just the heavyweight division, is popping. Deontay Wilder

Scene Division Boxing Just Heavyweight Popping British

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