#britain

I couldn't walk down any street in Britain without being laughed at. It was a nightmare. My children were devastated because their dad was a figure of ridicule. ↗

— David Icke

#because #being #britain #children #dad

I can understand why some people might look at me and say, 'What's she got to be depressed about?' I get that a lot in Britain, where mental health issues seem to be a big taboo. ↗

— Natalie Imbruglia

#big #britain #depressed #get #got

The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#britain #catastrophically #diminished #france #germany

If you were born in Britain after World War II, you see a continuous atmosphere of decline, moral and economic and political. ↗

— Stephen Bayley

#atmosphere #born #britain #continuous #decline

I'm a great supporter of the European Union. I didn't support entry to the Euro, not because I'm against it in principle but because I didn't think it was economically right for Britain. But that doesn't make me any less pro-European. ↗

— Gordon Brown

#any #because #britain #economically #entry

The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about five hundred years. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#britain #caesar #five #held #hundred

Britain is no longer one of the world's price setters. It is painful. It is a challenge to us in government to explain all that, and it is a pity that the political class is not preparing the public for it to understand how massive the problem is. ↗

— Vince Cable

#challenge #class #explain #government #how

At the moment, in Britain we're facing such enormous cutbacks in education programs and music programs and art programs that you feel you are knocking your head against a brick wall. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#art #brick #brick wall #britain #cutbacks

The establishment in Britain is certainly against the arts and against education. If something doesn't make a profit, it's invalid, and art doesn't make a profit in that sense. ↗

— Peter Maxwell Davies

#art #arts #britain #certainly #education

Crossrail is a prime example of infrastructure. It is a rather deadly word, but I think it is exciting stuff, the civil engineering which makes Britain tick - the bridges, tunnels, power and water networks, which bind us together. ↗

— Evan Davis

#bridges #britain #civil #deadly #engineering