“I don't think the Bonzo Dog could have evolved in America, nor could the old Nice: because of their musical discipline. This is one thing that British groups do have, a sort of discipline. Sometimes it can get a bit soulless, but on the whole I think it's preferable to the American alternative.” ThinkingSometimesWholeAmericaBitsNiceOne ThingGroupsDogDisciplineMusicalBritishAlternativesSoulless Author:Jon Lord
“The usual people tried to claim responsibility. First the IRA , then the PLO and the Gas Board. Even British Nuclear Fuels rushed out a statement to the effect that the situation was completely under control, that it was a one in a million chance, that there was hardly any radioactive leakage at all, and that the site of the explosion would make a nice location for a day out with the kids and a picnic, before finally having to admit that it wasn't actually anything to do with them at all.” PeopleFirstsKidsChanceResponsibilitySituationMillionsNiceEffectsClaimsBritishNuclearStatementsBoardsFuelGasUsualSiteLocationExplosionsPicnicsIraOne In A MillionLeakage Book:Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Source: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
“The confidence and security of a people can be measured by their attitude toward laxatives. At the high noon of the British sun, soldiers in far-flung outposts of the Empire doctored themselves with "a spoonful o' gunpowder in a cuppa 'ot tea." Purveyors and users of harsh laxatives were not afraid of being thought mean and unfriendly just because their laxatives were. But in America, the need to be nice is so consuming that nobody would dare take a laxative that makes you run up the stairs two at a time, pushing others aside and yelling, "Get out of the way!” PeopleWayNeedsMeanTwoRunningAmericaAttitudeSunNiceSecuritySoldierDareBritishTeaEmpiresPushingNot AfraidUsersBeing NiceHarshConsumingStairsNoonYellingGunpowderUnfriendly Author:Florence King
“No 'rules.' What are you, British or something? I guess I'm too nice... No wonder people take advantage of me.” PeopleWonderNiceAdvantageBritishToo Nice Author:Alfonso Cuaron
“I don't recall a show I've ever been on that had the same director do two episodes in a row, but in England, they do it all the time. In England, they'll just have one director for eight episodes. That was the British system that Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner wanted to bring to the States. I think there was a nice merger of the two systems. They might have gone with one director, but John had obligations on The Village, and he had to leave and come back, so it seemed like a natural place to break it up.” ThinkingTwoStatesShowsMightWantedNaturalBreakGoneNiceDirectorsEnglandEightBritishObligationVillageEpisodesRecallsJaneMergers Author:Glen Morgan
“Americans enjoy uniformity in a way that the British don't; they wanted everybody of a sort of nice chorus line height and here I was, this person who was a good three inches taller than anyone else on the end of the line.” WayPersonsEndsWantedThreeEnjoyLinesNiceBritishHeightInchesChorusUniformityChorus Line Author:Jeremy Irons
“A lot of the time, the British press make me ashamed and embarrassed to be British. They give others the impression that the British are selfish, envious and bitter people, which is simply not true in my opinion. I think that British people in general are really nice and friendly.” PeopleThinkingGivingOpinionNicePressesBritishSelfishImpressionBitterAshamedFriendlyEmbarrassedReally NiceEnviousBitter People Author:Melanie Chisholm
“I was in Britain that year [1963] and some music publishing people in Denmark Street in London suggested me to the BBC. So I found myself in front of a British television show, which was a nice surprise.” PeopleYearsShowsFoundNiceStreetsFrontsTelevisionSurpriseBritishLondonBritainPublishingTelevision ShowsDenmarkBritish Television Author:Gordon Lightfoot