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Famous British Quotes
'A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.'.. W H Auden
'Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in rising every time we fall'.. Oliver Goldsmith
'It was a very simple team talk. All I used to say was: 'Whenever possible, give the ball to George'.. Matt Busby
'When I make a joke I always laugh quickly so there is no doubt about it'.. Somerset Maugham
'One of the most important days of my life was when I learned to ride a bicycle'.. Michael Palin
'An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do'.. Dylan Thomas
'The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.'.. Aldous Huxley
'I don't believe that the public knows what it wants; this is the conclusion that I have drawn from my career.'.. Charlie Chaplin
'Anything is good if it's made of chocolate.'.. Jo Brand
'If a nation could not prosper without the enjoyment of perfect liberty and perfect justice, there is not in the world a nation which could ever have prospered.'.. Adam Smith
'It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious'.. Oscar Wilde
'Proof that God has an odd sense of humour - after inventing Haute Cuisine he gave it to the French'.. A A Gill
'Deer hunting would be a fine sport if only the deer had guns'.. W S Gilbert
'The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.'.. Charles Dickens
'Ours is an excessively conscious age. We know so much, we feel so little.'.. D H Lawrence
'England expects that every man will do his duty.'.. Horatio Nelson
'If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants'.. Isaac Newton
'Last night I dreamt I ate a ten pound marshmallow. When I woke up the pillow was gone.'.. Tommy Cooper
'Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality is not law'.. Derek Jarman
'A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.'.. Joshua Reynolds
'I owe nothing to Women's Lib.'.. Margaret Thatcher
'I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird'.. Paul McCartney
'The only possible way there would be an uprising in this country would be if they banned caravanning and car boot sales'.. Victoria Wood
'Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.'.. Ralph Richardson
'Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.'.. Harold Wilson
'Parting is such sweet sorrow.'.. William Shakespeare
'I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke.'.. Spike Milligan
'The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest is he who corrupts it.'.. Joshua Reynolds
'You cannot antagonize and influence at the same time.'.. John Knox
'A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible'.. Thomas Hardy