British Quotes

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Science, like art, is not a copy of nature but a re-creation

Science, like art, is not a copy of nature but a re-creation of her.

Jacob Bronowski

Art Nature Science British Mathematician

Yet in the most mean, cowardly, hypocritical way the British

Yet in the most mean, cowardly, hypocritical way the British ruling class did all they could to hand Spain over to Franco and the Nazis. Why? Because they were pro-Fascist, was the obvious answer.

George Orwell

British Class Fascism Nazis Spain Anti Fascism Franco

The only thing I know of whose shortened form — www — ta

The only thing I know of whose shortened form — www — takes three times longer to say than what it's short for.

Douglas Adams

Funny Computers British Internet

My strength is as the strength of ten. Because my heart is p

My strength is as the strength of ten. Because my heart is pure.

Alfred Tennyson

Focus Strength British Heart Purity Poet

The Macintosh may only have 10% of the market, but it is cle

The Macintosh may only have 10% of the market, but it is clearly the top 10%.

Douglas Adams

Funny Computers Apple British Macintosh

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as th

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

Douglas Adams

Work Funny British Writer

Tis better to have loved and lost. Than never to have loved

Tis better to have loved and lost. Than never to have loved at all.

Alfred Tennyson

Love British Loss Poet

A man is literally what he thinks.

A man is literally what he thinks.

James Allen

Attitude Author British Perception

There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to acc

There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

G. K. Chesterton

Minimalism Materialism Desire British Writer