#britain

JESSICA: When did you last go to London? HUGH: When I read a Dickens novel. That was when I resolved never to travel there. ↗

— Bauvard

#britain #dickens #funny #humor #london

While there is a great value in things that are old, it seems that the overwhelming challenge in Britain in the late 20th century is to make every effort to see value in the contemporary and in the future. ↗

— Stephen Bayley

#britain #century #challenge #contemporary #effort

It does not seem to me that the steps which would be needed to make Britain - and others - more comfortable in their relationship in the European Union are inherently so outlandish or unreasonable. ↗

— David Cameron

#comfortable #does #european #european union #inherently

People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like to lean back. ↗

— Alistair Cooke

#back #britain #forward #lean #like

Britain, however, has ended up specializing in the ones you don't see as much of: defense aerospace, making drive shafts for cars, pills and drugs, designing chips that go into 94 percent of the world's mobile phones. ↗

— Evan Davis

#britain #cars #chips #defense #designing

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. ↗

— Franz Halder

#any #benefit #bring #britain #british

After all we did for Britain, selling that corduroy and making it swing, all we got was a bit of tin on a piece of leather. ↗

— George Harrison

#bit #britain #did #got #leather

Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#britain #cannot #contributed #hugely #immigrants

We owe America something because they turned us into a touring band. But at least we feel confident about appearing in Britain again now. Hyde park was the first time over here for ages. ↗

— Steve Marriott

#again #ages #america #appearing #band

Galvanised into action by the second trial, I was determined to change Britain's archaic sex laws. ↗

— Cynthia Payne

#archaic #britain #change #determined #i