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Famous British Quotes
'Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves.'.. Charlotte Bronte
'Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence.'.. Charles Darwin
'A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself'.. Alexander Graham Bell
'I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point'.. Michael Caine
'The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank.'.. Dante G Rossetti
'Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.'.. Edmund Burke
'Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls'.. Max Beerbohm
'Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.'.. John Donne
'Thank you for leaving us alone but giving us enough attention to boost our egos'.. Mick Jagger
'A few honest men are better than numbers.'.. Oliver Cromwell
'It's an honor to be on the same network that gave us 'The Sopranos,' ... They made me an offer I couldn't refuse.'.. Ricky Gervais
'Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.'.. J B Priestley
'Thieves respect property - they merely wish it to become their property'.. GK Chesterton
'It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time'.. Winston Churchill
'Kinross House, the beautiful and regular piece of architecture in all of Scotland'.. Daniel Defoe
'Civilization is the making of civil persons.'.. John Ruskin
'Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home'.. W E Gladstone
'It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.'.. Somerset Maugham
'A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing'.. Oscar Wilde
'Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness.'.. Percy Bysshe Shelley
'Pleasure is none, if not diversified.'.. John Donne
'Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved.'.. D H Lawrence
'The only statistics you can trust are the ones who can falsify yourself'.. Winston Churchill
'He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.'.. Douglas Adams
'The worst of revolutions is a restoration'.. Charles James Fox
'I found longer races boring. I found the mile just perfect.'.. Roger Bannister
'Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.'.. Charlotte Bronte
'Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.'.. John Keats
'Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy'.. Martin Amis
'People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it'.. George Bernard Shaw