“Why is it that we all speak in British accents, when we're from outer space where there's no Britain?”

“- Mrs. Marcus: Where did you get that funny accent? Are you from Harvard or something?
- J. Algernon Hawthorne: Harvard? Rather not. I'm English.
- Mrs. Marcus: Sounds so foreign.”
Ethel Merman - Mrs. Marcus

“She's British, isn't she? She sounds British. Is she, like, affected or is she British?”

Bob Balaban - Morris Weissman

“To this end, I pledge you ships - ships worthy of our seamen - a mighty fleet, hewn out of the forests of England; a navy foremost in the world - not only in our time, but for generations to come.”
Flora Robson - Queen Elizabeth

“After all, what is the United States? A charming cocktail of Irish and Jews. Very spectacular; but very childish. And England? A few old ladies wearing their grandfathers' leather britches.”
Walter Slezak - Major Erich von Keller