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Famous British Quotes
'If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten'.. Rudyard Kipling
'The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away'.. Aneurin Bevan
'There will always be an England even if its in Hollywood'.. Bob Hope
'They are most deceived that trusteth most in themselves.'.. Elizabeth I
'There might be 1 finger on the button, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch'.. Harold Macmillan
'Actually american football is a lot like rugby but why do they keep on having all those committee meetings?'.. Winston Churchill
'From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life'.. Samuel Johnson
'In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny'.. John Stuart Mill
'In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.'.. George Bernard Shaw
'I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working'.. Peter Sellers
'In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table'.. H G Wells
'One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle'.. Michael Palin
'Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on.'.. Billy Connolly
'Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem'.. John Lennon
'Mountains are the beginning and the end of all natural scenery.'.. John Ruskin
'I used to be indecisive but now I am not quite sure.'.. Tommy Cooper
'The cruelest lies are often told in silence.'.. Robert Louis Stevenson
'The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.'.. George Bernard Shaw
'A dog is for life and not just for christmas so do be careful at the office party'.. Jimmy Carr
'It's the one thing I actively don't like: just being recognized'.. Ricky Gervais
'A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.'.. Charles Darwin
'The light, that lies In woman's eyes, Has been my heart's undoing.'.. Thomas More
'To destroy is still the strongest instinct in nature.'.. Max Beerbohm
'Absences are a good influence in love and keep it bright and delicate.'.. Robert Louis Stevenson
'The land of my fathers. My fathers can have it.'.. Dylan Thomas
'It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones.'.. John Osborne
'No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.'.. Benjamin Disraeli
'Experience teaches only the teachable.'.. Aldous Huxley
'Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.'.. Winston Churchill
'Man is only great when he acts from passion.'.. Benjamin Disraeli