England Quotes · Page 36

England can end the millenium as it started - as the greatest football nation in the world.

— Kevin Keegan

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

— Joe Jonas

Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.

— Samuel Johnson

The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short.

— Henry Rollins

“Fifteen feet away, the wide River Thames rolled past, dark and deep and mysterious is the sullen-not-quite sunrise.”

— Anonymous

England understands good Chinese, Japanese and Indian cuisine; in France, we just get French.

— Eva Green

A few years ago England would have struggled to beat the Eskimos

— Ian Botham

I think it's a good match, Dutch players playing in England.

— Rafael van der Vaart

Everyone just plays football, don't they? It is just part of life in England. Once I started I just totally got the…

— Glenn Murray

The historian assesses that the investment of the wealthy classes in the Bank of England wedded them to the fate of the…

— Walter Russell Mead

In England, coffeehouses were dubbed penny-universities, because for the admission price of one cent, a person could sit and be edified all…

— Leah Hager Cohen

We have fought for our land, we have fought for our sovereignty, small as we are we have won our independence and…

— Robert Mugabe

Can I tell you who is the most important fashion icon in the world? Queen Elizabeth of England. Think about that. She…

— Carolina Herrera

Obviously, it would be great to represent my country, England, but if the interest is not there, I'd be happy to represent…

— Jack Harrison

Quickly, after I landed in England, I found out ways to get scholarships. England turned out to be a very encouraging place…

— Zhang Xin

I love England, it's my home now. But I've been to the city, the centre of London, very little, as I don't…

— Maurizio Sarri

When I came to write my Thomas Cromwell books, I moved onto the center ground of English history, but I was never…

— Hilary Mantel

The Englishman's strong point is his vigorous insularity; that of the American his power of adaptation. Each of these attitudes has its…

— Thomas Wentworth Higginson

From that point on, the extraordinary system of spies and informers which has played an important part in the political work of…

— Charles Tilly

“I remember years ago a guy I knew told me that people going to England find exactly what they go looking for.…

— Helene Hanff

In New England they once thought blackbirds useless, and mischievous to the corn. They made efforts to destroy them. The consequence was,…

— Benjamin Franklin

I think it's because in America you always get the sense that if you fail, you can just pack up your things…

— John Cleese

Orwell says straight, look, in England what comes out in a free country is not very different from this totalitarian monster that…

— Noam Chomsky

Our civility, England determines the style of, inasmuch as England is the strongest of the family of existing nations, and as we…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

There'll be spring every year without you. England still will be here without you.

— Anonymous

I just want to get in the team and show all of them what I can do. (on signing for Manchester united)

— Wayne Rooney

Playing for England is such an honour, it's the highest level you can play at.

— Bukayo Saka

You are never relaxed in England. You have a tough league, the Champions League, the FA Cup and Carabao Cup.

— Antonio Conte

I played in Belgium, in France and in Germany, which was very good - but England is very special.

— Demba Ba

The only people who should play for England are English people

— Jack Wilshere

In spite of their hats being very ugly, Goddam! I love the English.

— Bertrand Barere

I tell you what, if the Cameroons get a goal back here they're literally gonna catch on fire.

— Ron Atkinson

I would also think that the replay showed it to be worse than it actually was.

— Ron Atkinson

Signing for Leicester, they gave me a great platform to go and play for England as well.

— Harry Maguire

I was born after my dad came back from England and he wanted to raise us like European kids.

— Sowcar Janaki

Y'all are so cute and y'all talk so proper over here. I love England.

— Beyonce Knowles

The present Stimulus Bill sets up the equivalent commission in the United States similar to that which is in England.

— Nat Hentoff

I don't want to return to France; France doesn't tempt me at all. I like England.

— Riyad Mahrez

“I’d no idea you knew England extended past Palmer’s Green: are you lost?”

— Sarah Perry

Growing up in Canada, I'd never have imagined I'd be in this position and with the chance of wearing an England jersey.

— Owen Hargreaves