#tish

It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity only among them. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#been #boast #british #cornwall #favorite

We've been a bit too defensive about the European Union rules. We don't want to become protectionist and nationalist in the way we buy things but we think we could do a lot more to promote British business through procurement. ↗

— Vince Cable

#become #been #bit #british #business

There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either. ↗

— James Callaghan

#citizen #either #injustice #ireland #irish

However much we may sympathize with a small nation confronted by a big and powerful neighbours, we cannot in all circumstances undertake to involve the whole British Empire in a war simply on her account. ↗

— Neville Chamberlain

#big #british #british empire #cannot #circumstances

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

— Neville Marriner

#arts #british #council #give #how

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded. ↗

— Charlie Chaplin

#brutish #form #genius #goes #great

The British keep employing me, and that makes me like them. It also makes me think they're very intelligent. ↗

— John Cusack

#british #employing #intelligent #keep #like

The British public like a Briton with personality, someone who comes out on court and isn't dour and down on themselves. ↗

— Jo Durie

#comes #court #down #like #out

What I want is a beautiful and sophisticated piece of ass that happens to be 'bi. ↗

— Scott Jonathan Nixon

#humor #languages #beauty

The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin. ↗

— William Hague

#begin #british #now #over #retreat