#tish

The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no competitive building up of fleets or armies between them. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

#armies #between #british #british empire #building

I like doom and gloom with a sense of humour. Maybe it's a Scottish thing, we like to undercut indulgence with a laugh. ↗

— Shirley Henderson

#gloom #humour #i #indulgence #laugh

I've done my share of period stuff. I'm not sure why, but people say I have a period face. The bread and butter of British TV is Jane Austen adaptations and bridges and bonnets and boats and horses. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#boats #bread #bridges #british #butter

My father and I used to tussle about me becoming an actor. He's from strong, Presbyterian Scottish working-class stock, and he used to sit me down and say, 'You know, 99 percent of actors are out of work. You've been educated, so why do you want to spend your life pretending to be someone else when you could be your own man?' ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#actor #becoming #been #could #down

If I am pushed I will push back, that is the way I am. I am very British. We don't like to be pushed around. When the chips are down we might have to step into grey areas. ↗

— Damon Hill

#areas #around #back #british #chips

The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do. ↗

— Damon Hill

#away #being #british #i #i think

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

— Paris Hilton

#british people #names #over #people #plain

British girls are as temperamental as Americans. ↗

— Ivor Novello

#temperamental

It is no longer acceptable in British politics to be fat or eccentric or religious. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#british #eccentric #fat #longer #politics

The people who tend to raise antiwar slogans will do so generally when it's American or British interests involved. ↗