Quotes About England

Judged by the law of England, I know this crime entails upon me the penalty of death; but the history of Ireland explains that crime and justifies it.

To treat the history of Israel as I would treat the history of England or Russia or China; that is, an attempt at a scientific, historical approach.I am particularly fascinated with origins.

The biggest difference between England and America is that England has history, while America has geography.

The stately Homes of England,How beautiful they stand!Amidst their tall ancestral trees,O'er all the pleasant land.

Old England is our home, and Englishmen are we; Our tongue is known in every clime, our flag in every sea.

I miss England. I miss the weather. I've spent moss of the last 25 years on tour. I'm ready to come home.

Art is for [the Irish] inseparable from artifice: of that, the theatre is the home. Possibly, it was England made me a novelist.

England is my home. I could never leave. I'd miss my family and friends too much.

Living in England has no such excuse: These are my customs and establishments.

I'm curious to see what happens in England because in all this madness I think I can always go home to England and it'll all turn off.

Those comfortably padded lunatic asylums which are known euphemistically as the stately homes of England.

The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor.

There is a lot of luck in football. Following England is like following Wycombe Wanders or Leyton Orient. You hope for the best and hope you are lucky.

In England, if you commit a crime, the police don't have a gun and you don't have a gun. If you commit a crime, the police will say 'Stop, or I'll say stop again.'

Some people in England only have their wheelie bins collected once a fortnight. Their suffering is unimaginable.

England is better only because I stand out there as 'unusual'.

We thought it was nice of you to let him have a go, because, in England, he wouldn't be trusted with a pair of scissors.

Guns aren't toys! They're for family protection, hunting dangerous or delicious animals, and keeping the King of England out of your face!

Hunting was the labour of the savages of North America, but the amusement of the gentlemen of England.

It is seldom that the imagination is disappointed in the 'ancestral piles' of England.

The level of football in England is the top. English football is the leader in the world.

I am as passionate about the England team as anyone.

Their bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and then in the bitter settlements of England's Ulster Plantation in Northern Ireland.

I didn't like England. I couldn't take the look of the place or the style of friendship. I need more intimacy from people than is considered okay there, and I felt that my personality and my enthusiasms weren't understood. I had to put a big lid on myself.