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Famous British Quotes
'We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.'.. Sir Tom Stoppard
'Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go'.. Hugh Gaitskell
'Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment'.. Thomas Carlyle
'Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable'.. Sir Francis Bacon
'Books shouldn't be daunting,they should be funny,exciting & wonderful'.. Roald Dahl
'A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.'.. Thomas Carlyle
'All movements go too far.'.. Bertrand Russell
'Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them'.. William Shakespeare
'The sort of poetry I seek resides in objects man can't touch.'.. E M Forster
'It was a very simple team talk. All I used to say was: 'Whenever possible, give the ball to George'.. Matt Busby
'He would make a lovely corpse.'.. Charles Dickens
'Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never'.. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
'We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second'.. Horace Walpole
'Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.'.. Winston Churchill
'They offered me a handshake of £10,000 to settle amicably. I told them that they would have to be a lot more amicable than that.'.. Tommy Docherty
'The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion'.. Arthur C Clarke
'A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become'.. W H Auden
'When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude'.. GK Chesterton
'Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.'.. J B Priestley
'Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?'.. Virginia Woolf
'Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated.'.. Mary Shelley
'A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality'.. John Lennon
'The trouble with children is that they are non-returnable'.. Quentin Crisp
'I am a part of all that I have seen.'.. Alfred Lord Tennyson
'In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible'.. George Orwell
'Women want love to be a novel, men a short story.'.. Daphne du Maurier
'I wouldn't mind seeing China if I could come back the same day.'.. Philip Larkin
'The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.'.. George Bernard Shaw
'The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.'.. Horace Walpole
'Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself'.. George Bernard Shaw