Top 1200 British Invasion Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

At the time of Caliph Omar's invasion of Egypt, the Arab officer on duty in the destruction of the library of Alexandria used two stamps with which he marked the books. One said: 'Does not agree with the Koran - heretic, must be burned'. The other said: 'Agrees with the Koran - superfluous, must be burned'.

People can't look down on grime anymore, it's an established British genre.

I'm just not convinced that the British people I know and love are interested in revolution.

My unbeaten record and the 10 British Open wins have not been equalled.

I don't think there's a public in the world who respond like the British to a call for charity.

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

I think the way things have been left after Iraq is that people won't believe the Government of the day, so they have to know that lessons have been learnt and that all political parties and people, whether they were for or against the invasion of Iraq, have learnt lessons.

The great British public is renowned throughout the world for its sense of humour.

I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chairman of the British Fashion Council.

Those Frenchies may know their pastry, but you can't beat a bit of British cheese.

To have or not to have [chemical weapons] is a possibility, but to depend on what media says is nonsense, or to depend on some of the reports of the intelligence is nonsense and that was proven when they invaded Iraq ten years ago and they said "Iraq has stockpiles of WMD" and it was proven after the invasion that this was false ; it was fraud. So, we can't depend on what one magazine wrote.

British girls are really funny, so I definitely think we'd get along.

The British actors I've met and worked with have all been very supportive of each other.

It's very British of me, but I'll always choose beer over anything else.

The war against British rule must continue until freedom is achieved.

I hope Britain stays in the European Union, but I don't want to decide for the British.

Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records.

I have a lot of respect for the British people and the passion which they have for football, the full stadiums.

It sometimes occurs to me that the British have more heritage than isgood for them.

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.

What if the invasion forces will not leave our lands? What if the U.S. forces and others stay in our beloved lands? What if their companies and embassy headquarters will continue to exist with the American flags hoisted on them? Will you be silent? Will you overlook this?

With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in.

There's something very polite about the British accents. It's sort of sanitizing.

I'm not as big a soccer fan as people might imagine, being British.

Anything said in upper-crust British automatically sounded intelligent.

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

Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.

All British people have plain names, and that works pretty well over there.

I was chosen over British and French choreographers to work on 'Bombay Dreams.'

The British claim to have a special relationship with the U.S., but if you mention this in Washington, no one knows what you are talking about.

The fact that it's hard to create an original British musical doesn't mean you shouldn't try.

I guess the British audience accepted us for being refreshing and interesting.

Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records

That's a true actor's nightmare: "Improvise in British sign language. Go."

My full name is Ross Fleming Butler; it's very British-Irish.

Gandhiji knew the mind of the British well and that's why he was able to manipulate them.

It's funny; I think I'm at a level of recognizability - is that even a word? - where it's just really nice. I think when people are really famous, it can be hard for them because they feel like it's an invasion. But for me, it's just a few times every day when someone will say something sweet and validating, and it's just the best.

The young British players need to take responsibility themselves for their form and ability.

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

The British ministry can read that name without spectacles; let them double their reward.

Albert Frederick Mummery and Chris Bonington are the British climbers I most admire.

Considering that I'm British and I talk the way I do, I love it when a director takes a chance on me.

Why don't I like you?" "Because you think I'm an asshole, and I'm not really, I'm just British and, well, you're not.

We are the most British of Britain's banks. This always gets a chuckle; I don't why.

Anthony Powell was the most European of 20th-century British novelists.

I think that British fans' support is making our heart stronger.

I did some British TV and bits and bobs here and there. I've been lucky.

As a British person, I am unable to give strategic advice to political campaigns in the U.S.

It was Nick Willing's intention to make 'Hatter' as sarcastically British funny as he could.

I'm from Norway, but I always felt like I'd grown up with British culture.

There is no more striking illustration of the immobility of British institutions than the House of Commons.

If the (British) Arts Council give you money, they also tell you how to spend it.

'Strictly' is so loved by the British public, I have always been a massive fan.

We're seeing a crazy appetite for people to acquire and invest in British businesses.

I like the fact that I have good old-fashioned British teeth with a big gap.

I have done my time living on the run. I'm British and I want to come home.

I always joke that I'm a British actress trying to break into Scandinavian TV.

I think the majority of the British people are still sanguine about the need for war.

Most British newspapers now have more columns than the Acropolis

British politicians used to be good at misleading people without actually lying.