Terribly British Sayings

#1. I am terribly British. Especially in the eyes of Americans. I drink several gallons of tea a day, I'm often excessively polite and it's only through many years of expensive and painful dental work that I don't have bad teeth.

Rhianna Pratchett

#2. Politicians who wear little tennis socks with the balls at the back should not be taken seriously.

Mo Rocca

#3. I found the actual notes that Prendergast sent to Alfred Trude. I saw how deeply the pencil dug into the paper.

Erik Larson

#4. Lordship and rapport are the keys to save us from being combative and make us more attractive in spiritual conversations.

Gary Rohrmayer

#5. He who comes from the kitchen, smells of its smoke; and he who adheres to a sect, has something of its cant; the college air pursues the student; and dry inhumanity him who herds with literary pedants.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

#6. The Hmong never had any interest in ruling over the Chinese or anyone else; they wanted merely to be left alone, which, as their later history was also to illustrate, may be the most difficult request any minority can make of a majority culture.

Anne Fadiman

#7. I'm incredibly boring; I had a very happy childhood. I never starved, nor did I have a silver spoon in my mouth. I'm one of those terribly middle-of-the-road, British middle class, South London gents.

Jude Law

#8. When we grow up, concepts gradually get easier and we leave the images to the poets

Stephen King

#9. Our continents unification is at hand and we must stand to account.

Romano Prodi

#10. Stephen Shadley is a great collaborator. Over the years I've seen him work with a wide variety of clients and stylistic approaches. He listens to people in a way that makes them feel like they're part of the process. Steve is an inspiration on all fronts, and, believe me, that's a rare quality.

Diane Keaton

#11. Jesus does not impose intolerable restrictions on his disciples, he does not forbid them to look at anything, but bids them look on him. If they do that he knows that their gaze will always be pure, even when they look upon a woman.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#12. A race lacking respect for women would never advance socially or politically.

Edith Thomas