British Council Quotes

#1. I went to a British Council event a while back and there were lots of German professors of literature. About half of them were convinced I had a German sense of humour and the other half were sure it was British. They are probably still arguing about it now.

Tibor Fischer

#2. My thesis was on kinetics studies with the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase. When that was finished, I was granted a British Council Fellowship to work under the supervision of Malcolm Dixon.

Cesar Milstein

#3. How we absorb music is unique. I know what I do. When I'm listening to music, I tend to find myself in a song. That's what really makes you connect is if you feel what that song is saying.

Amy Grant

#4. The subtle performances of the leads, the remarkable Irrfan Khan and the engaging Nimrat Kaur, make 'The Lunchbox' a pleasure to watch.

Leonard Maltin

#5. The ancillary aspect of every British city now is the council estate.

V.S. Naipaul

#6. My story is the story of many postwar British families. Upward mobility. A council house and then new affluence.

Sarah Waters

#7. I shall return, doubt it not. Such love as ours was not created to remain unfulfilled. Whatever may happen, believe and trust in me, as I shall in you, and keep the remembrance of me in your heart without sadness and without regret.

Emmuska Orczy

#8. We would be foolish and silly not to unite with people in the public health sector, the environmental community, [and] unions, to try to challenge corporate agriculture.

Wayne Pacelle

#9. No one knows the fear in a front runner's mind more than me. When you set off at a cracking pace for four or five laps and find that your main rivals are still breathing down your neck, that's when you start to panic.

Ron Clarke

#10. [1.9]The Roman State had now become so strong that it was a match for any of its neighbours in war, but its greatness threatened to last for only one generation, since through the absence of women there was no hope of offspring, and there was no right of intermarriage with their neighbours.

Livy

#11. I had been struggling to get roles in Hollywood for three and a half years after leaving the WWE. Then I finally got an agent - the agent I have now. He's a great guy, but he turned me down three times before he even decided to take me on a as a client.

Dave Bautista

#12. I love being creative in all forms.

Loretta Swit

#13. As the river enters into the ocean,
so my heart touches Thee.

Kabir

#14. [On speaking of family secrets:] I don't know how you heal a wound and not let it get some air.

Barbara Neely

#15. Oh, God, Shannon. You're blowing my mind. Clint's morning voice was rich with passion.
I wanted to correct him and explain that it wasn't his mind I was blowing, but my mother had taught me it was impolite to speak when one's mouth was full ...

P.C. Cast

#16. And now, gentlemen, like your manners, I must leave you.

Dylan Thomas

#17. I am honoured and excited to be taking on the role of chairman of the British Fashion Council.

Natalie Massenet

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

Neville Marriner

#19. How much did you read?' Sophia said.
'Not much. I found your characters a bit two-dimensional.

Nathan M. Farrugia

#20. A good back makes his own holes. Anybody can run where the holes are.

Joe Don Looney

#21. There is really quite an inherent danger in the traditional British view that the council of ministers and inter-governmentalism is your protection against the federalist superstate.

Gisela Stuart

#22. We can change our whole life and attitude of the people around us simply by changing ourselves..

Rudolf Dreikurs