Quotes About British Accents

#1. When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear American voices on them, and we held out.

Nick Park

#2. The only silver lining I can find is that British accents aren't sexy anymore.

Bill Maher

#3. Ooh. British accent alert. I love accents. I sat up straighter to make sure I didn't miss a word.

Heather Davis

#4. ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.

Ambrose Bierce

#5. Sugar," said Kaz.
Jesper nudged the sugar bowl down the table to him.
Kaz rolled his eyes. "Not for my coffee, you podge.

Leigh Bardugo

#6. Our hope is we move beyond denial and into debate ... If we cleaned up the air, would it really be bad for us?

Bob Inglis

#7. I love English girls! I adore all their different accents. Who knows, I could find a British girlfriend on my travels!

Austin Butler

#8. It's actually reassuring to see people struggling to do our accent instead of us constantly trying to emulate British or American accents, which we are always asked to do.

Martin Henderson

#9. New Zealand was one of the most beautiful countries to drive through for the scenery and the vast scale of the place.

Louise Nurding

#10. I used to watch a lot of American and British television as a child, which helped teach me the language and accents; it was partly that which landed me the part of Roxy in a London production of 'Chicago' when I was 25.

Birgitte Hjort Sorensen

#11. I do not deny that many appear to have succeeded in a material way by cutting corners and by manipulating associates, both in their professional and in their personal lives. But material success is possible in this world and far more satisfying when it comes without exploiting others.

Alan Greenspan

#12. I don't use the big video screens that a lot of other artists use because personally, I think it's kind of a crutch. I think sometimes it's like watching television as opposed to really getting involved with what is happening onstage and the people in your section.

Eric Church

#13. I'd lose that smile if I were you." I jingle the car keys in his face. "Your life is in my hands, lest you forget " My imitation of his cockney accent is actually spot-on, I let myself bask in it,

A.G. Howard

#14. She shrugs, smiles. "All you ever had to do was ask.

Kyra Davis

#15. As I learned from growing up, you don't mess with your grandmother.

Prince William

#16. My gosh, that voice ... deep and soft, with the hint of an accent. British, maybe? I was definitely a sucker for accents.

Kristi Cook

#17. It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.

Arthur Machen

#18. The only thing Americans love more than Walmart and firearms (and buying firearms at Walmart) is accents.

Brian Moylan

#19. Morris Weissman [on the phone, discussing casting for his movie]: What about Claudette Colbert? She's British, isn't she? She sounds British. Is she, like, affected or is she British?

Julian Fellowes

#20. The avant-garde poet or artist tries in effect to imitate God by creating something valid solely on its own terms.

Clement Greenberg

#21. I spent quite a lot of time pissing off my friends because I could get girls with a British accent, despite the fact that I was tubby and, like, not very cool.

Marcus Mumford