Zipbridge

England is a nation of shopkeepers. - Napoleon Bonaparte

Illusion is the first of all pleasures. - Oscar Wilde

Life's a game but Bridge is serious. - Unknown

Praise the bridge that carried you over. - George Colman

Noise creates illusions. Silence brings truth. - Maxime Lagace

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. - Ludwig Borne

I didn't know he was dead; I thought he was British. - Unknown

My wife made me join a bridge club. I jump off next Tuesday. - Rodney Dangerfield

The best thing I know between France and England is the sea. - Douglas Jerrold

You only have to survive in England and all is forgiven you. - Alan Bennett

If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion. - Noam Chomsky

The monarchical institution in England is immensely valuable. - Malcolm Muggeridge

Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom. - Unknown

In England there are sixty different religions and only one sauce. - Francesco Caracciolo

Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years. - Sheila Ballantyne

Never say never because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion. - Michael Jordan

A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last. - Helen Rowland

The Irish and British, they love satire, it's a large part of the culture. - Ben Nicholson

The people of England are never so happy as when you tell them they are ruined. - Arthur Murphy

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. - George Bernard Shaw

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. - Daniel J. Boorstin

Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure. - Scott Adams

I don't have lungs anymore. Just two spare bags that flew in under a bridge one day. - Dylan Moran

To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukemia with leeches. - Margaret Thatcher

The noblest prospect which a Scotsman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England. - Samuel Johnson

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. - Nikita Khrushchev

I know why the sun never sets on the British Empire: God wouldn't trust an Englishman in the dark. - Duncan Spaeth

Everything's challenging for me, singing-wise. I'm like an old truck with one gear left on it. - Michael McDonald

The sun never sets on the British Empire. But it rises every morning. The sky must get awfully crowded. - Steven Wright

To say I'm an overrated troll, when you have never even seen me guard a bridge, is patently unfair. - Tina Fey

Dreams or illusions, call them what you will, they lift us from the commonplace of life to better things. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Burn everything British," he once advised his Irish countrymen, "except their coal." - Jonathan Swift

Larry Gogan: 'With what town in Britain is Shakespeare associated?'
Contestant: 'Hamlet'. - Larry Gogan

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself, for every man has need to be forgiven. - Thomas Fuller

If there be a God, I think that what he would like me to do is paint as much of the map of Africa British red as possible. - Cecil Rhodes

The Swedish engineer who invented the zip fastener made a greater intellectual leap than many scientists do in a lifetime. - Martin Rees

The man who invented the zip fastener was today honoured with a lifetime peerage. He will now be known as the Lord of the Flies. - Ronnie Corbett

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn't matter whether you're a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player. - Bill Gates

We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die. - W H Auden

Lincolnshire is the Idaho of England. You were either going to drive a tractor for the rest of your life or head for the city to work in a factory. - Bernie Taupin