Quotes About England

From William of Orange to William Pitt the younger there was but one man without whom English history must have taken a different turn, and that was William Pitt the elder.

I know no place at which an Englishman may drop down suddenly among a pleasanter circle of acquaintance, or find himself with a more clever set of men, than he can do at Boston.

The real tragedy of England, as I see it, is the tragedy of ugliness. The country is so lovely: the man-made England is so vile.

I know it is easy to criticise and I accept it is a difficult job managing England but the man in charge must be passionate and realise he owes it to the nation to win the World Cup.

My most famous drama in England is quite controversial. It's something called Men Only, and it's rather a shocking exploration of male sexuality.

Researchers in England say tall men are more likely to have more children than short men. Here in America we call that the NBA theory.

I love a good fitted suit. England is known for men who can wear good suits.

In the dark days and darker nights when England stood alone-and most men save Englishmen despaired of England's life-he [Churchill] mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.

Whoever heard a man of fortune in England talk of the necessaries of life? . . . Whether we can afford it or no, we must have superfluities.

I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.

There are many things in life more worthwhile than money. One is to be brought up in this our England which is still the envy of less happy lands.

Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes; Antiquity and birth are needless here; 'Tis impudence and money makes a peer.

To be the England manager you must win every game, not do anything in your private life and hopefully not earn too much money!

The law of England is much more severe upon offences against property than against the person, as becomes a people whose ruling passion is money.

A country of long shadows on county cricket grounds, warm beer, green suburbs, dog lovers, and old maids cycling to holy communion through the morning mist.

My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a frosty Christmas morning.

I learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians in England.

I was happy to be in England, because my mother had always loved the royals, and so do I.

England is the Mother of Parliaments

In thee thy mother dies, our household's name, My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame.

To wake up in England and have the newspaper on your front door with a headline that says, 'Ozzie's Beach Whale of a Daughter,' doesn't really do much for your self-esteem at all.

A triptych in which the presiding deities are Mother, England and Me.

There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music, but before then American music was the main thing...

The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.