Top 1200 British Airways Quotes & Sayings - Page 19
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Last updated on November 28, 2024.
A lot of people think I hang around Cambridge as this Hogwarts-obsessed Anglophile looking for anyone with a British accent.
Brits are cool at the moment. We've taken over the world, what with 'Game of Thrones', 'Downton Abbey', One Direction... to be British is to be fashionable.
The refusal of the British and Russian peoples to accept what appeared to be inevitable defeat was the great factor in the salvage of our civilization.
There's a lot of places where you can go to understand and to learn what it is that British nationalists believe and feel, and to see them in a political setting.
Variety, individuality, peculiarity, eccentricity and indeed crankiness are agreeable to the British mind; they make life more interesting.
The Australian divisions and the New Zealanders had become what they were to remain for the rest of the war the spearhead of the British Army
You don't realize that when you're young, and you're surprised there's a lot of people at your gig - you just think it's general British-press hype.
Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British comedian in the world.
We embrace policies that have, first and foremost, the continued survival of the British people at their core, and in that respect I think we are beyond left and right.
I would like a UK fully engaged in Europe, but I can't decide in place of the British. I see that for the moment they want to be more in retreat.
To all companies large and small, I would say this: the British economy is fundamentally strong; we are highly competitive, and we are open for business.
The British capitalize on their accent when they don't want you to know what they're saying. But if you wake them up at 4 A.M., they speak perfect English, the same as we do.
To be one of the first British females to get three gold medals, to join Laura Trott in doing that, is a huge privilege.
My vision is to put this country and the British people first and for us to divorce ourselves from political union and re-engage with the rest of the world.
There are certainly many British plays which go down far better with Dublin audiences than they would in Belfast.
With their charm and legendary sense of humor, the British directly or indirectly paved the way for a large number of European compromises.
It is well documented that I am a lifelong football fan. My love of the British game started with the 1966 World Cup.
... the reason is that a military defeat of Britain will bring about the disintegration of the British Empire. This would not be of any benefit to Germany.
I think, generally, British people are more culturally cynical about the things that involve our own country. Especially the royals.
The peacock in all his pride does not display half the colors that appear in the garments of a British lady when she is dressed.
The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.
We must be out of the protectionist common external tariff, which mainly protects inefficient E.U. industries at the cost to British consumers.
We are together with the British and Americans because one should fight terror. But we are not going to pay the price for it by endangering Israel and its citizens.
Britain has supported theocrats and dictators as long as it served British business interests, whether under Tory or Labour rule.
At school, we'd studied the Romans and the Saxons, and I was fascinated by it all. So I made my dad take me to the British Museum as often as possible.
If there's one thing above all that sets me apart from Tony Blair it is this - I am not embarrassed to articulate the instincts of the British people.
If British troops are committed to action, then the nation will, of course, support them. Their courage and skill is not in doubt.
In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair.
If athletes are found to have taken performance enhancing drugs, then they should be banned for two years, even if they are British.
The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime.
I must say, I wouldn't turn down a superhero role, although there do seem to be a lot of British actors out there doing that.
The British, and most European countries, have struggled to accommodate Muslim immigrants, but they have nevertheless welcomed them in large numbers.
Why do British people make such good TV? It's so annoying. Stop it. Is it because they have free health care? Uggh.
In the weeks and months ahead, my task is to show I have the new ideas, the vision and the experience to earn the trust of the British people.
Everything went smoothly at the sailing events today, except for the British team. They forgot to bring limes and they all got scurvy.
I want to be able to follow the example of those extraordinary British actresses who move effortlessly from film to TV to theatre roles.
I grew up in the countryside and always used to wear my parents' Barbour jackets. It is a fantastic British heritage brand.
I can stand here today, leader of the Labour Party, Prime Minister, and say to the British people: you have never had it so ... prudent.
The truth is that those at the top of British football do not care about getting rid of racism, they just don't want to hear it or see it.
When Hong Kong was under British administration, governors were dispatched from London to govern this city. We had no say in the matter.
It's not a British attitude to dedicate yourself to such an extent as he [Wilkinson] does... He is such a dedicated so-and-so who only thinks about booting it over the posts
I happen to consider myself a Highlander even before a Scot; I am proud to be British yet feel comfortable as a European citizen.
Though Barbados has been independent since 1966, its capital, Bridgetown, still has elements of a thriving British colonial port.
Being in the European Union has its advantages, and I think that is what the British are beginning to understand, what those who are tempted by the Brexit are going to reflect upon.
My mother always tried to keep a little bit of British culture in our family. We'd drink tea all the time!
A lot of British people of my age would not have know of the terrible treatment of Nelson Mandela if not for Jerry Dammers and The Specials.
FAY: The British police force used to be run by men of integrity. TRUSCOTT: That is a mistake which has been rectified.
When I was, like, 10, I decided it would look really cool, so I pretended I was British. And I've been doing that ever since.
Sometimes Americans don't quite get my sense of humor. My good ol' British sarcasm seems to go over their heads.
The referendum was clear: the British people voted to leave the single market and to take back control of our borders.
Seattle is a liberal city, its politics not so much blue in the American, not the British, sense as deep ultramarine, and its manners are studiously polite.
I love Britain. I'm an Irish citizen, but I was born in Canada, and I'm a British comedian, really. My entire career has been over here.
I am a proud, British-born Muslim, and I love my country more than any other place on earth.
We shot in British Columbia and I miss it. I've actually gone back a couple of times just to see the country. It's beautiful.
I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain aspects of the British pragmatists.
The United States may have retained more of the intellectual imprint of the British 18th century than Britain itself.
I suppose British people generally, probably have very stereotypical notions about the Irish that go back to Victorian times.
Snooker has just been a British-based sport for such a long time and when I started at 18 the furthest you'd go would be London.
British civil society has a fantastic record of campaigning to push politicians of all colours and countries to step up on climate.
The British churchgoer prefers a severe preacher because he thinks a few home truths will do his neighbors no harm.
