England Quotes · Page 42

Men of England, wherefore plough For the lords who lay you low?

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

More and more in the States, we are adapting to what the game is like here in England.

— Jesse Marsch

In England, somewhere. I want to be at a big team, in the big leagues again.

— Henrik Larsson

I see the Beatles have arrived from England. They were 40 pounds overweight - and that was just their hair.

— Bob Hope

I'd love to work in England or America. But as long as I'm doing what I love, then I'm happy.

— Samara Weaving

I love spending time in England, whether it's for writing, producing, or seeing my parents and siblings.

— Alice Merton

I can say playing for the New England Patriots has been the highlight of my life.

— Julian Edelman

If you can't outplay the opposition, you must outnumber them.

— Terry Venables

Americans are very much 'Win! Win! Win!' In England, we don't give a fig whether you win. It's great if you do,…

— Eddie the Eagle

England is the breeding ground of fundamentalist Muslims. Its social logic is to allow all religions to preach openly. But this is…

— Wole Soyinka

A family with the wrong members in control; that, perhaps, is as near as one can come to describing England in a…

— George Orwell

I played for England Under-16s, 17s, 18s, 19s, 20s and then 21s... then... I just decided to make the decision to play…

— Victor Moses

I've always felt a bit hard done by in England - you know, I've won the Bisto three times in Ireland, but…

— Kate Thompson

At first, I was overwhelmed at moving up to international level, but the England lads are top class at making you feel…

— Peter Crouch

One can have great concern for the people of Ethiopia, but it's another thing to inflict daily torture on the people of…

— Steven Morrissey

Go anywhere in England where there are natural wholesome, contented and really nice English people; and what do you find? That the…

— George Bernard Shaw

“When I was a schoolboy in England, the old bound volumes of Kipling in the library had gilt swastikas embossed on their…

— Christopher Hitchens

At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at…

— Salman Rushdie

As early as 1776, [John Adams] expressed his doubts about America's capacity for virtue. "I have seen all along my Life, Such…

— Gordon S. Wood

Forests are breaking out all over America. New England has more forests since the Civil War. In 1880, New York State was…

— Jonah Goldberg

“In Britain, the biggest mistake you can make is judging the weather by looking at the sky out your window. The unpredictable…

— Mouloud Benzadi

“Australia's distance from Europe was probably only tolerable because it had strategic commodities which England, threatened by changing European alliances, might some…

— Geoffrey Blainey

“Lisbon, to me, is the Lisbon of Pessoa. Just like London is Woolf’s, or rather, Mrs. Dalloway’s. Barcelona is Gaudí's and Rome…

— Kamand Kojouri

This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress…

— William Shakespeare

I actually really enjoyed England. It's a great place to play.

— Jozy Altidore

But Dad and I are the only father-and-daughter acts who have both had No. 1 songs in England.

— Lily Allen

To be honest, I was focusing more on playing for Godmanchester Rovers than I was doing the long jump for England.

— Darren Bent

He'll take some pleasure from that, Brian Carey. He and Steve Bull have been having it off all afternoon.

— Ron Atkinson

When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new England poet, which is to be barely known at all.

— Howard Nemerov

I don't know why, but playing for England, I always feel I am going to score.

— Peter Crouch

Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England.

— Dodie Smith

You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler.

— Milos Forman

The people of England are the most enthusiastic in the world.

— Benjamin Disraeli

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

— Melanie Brown

He's the only man I know who could start an argument with himself. (on Craig Bellamy)

— Bobby Robson

If England had Fergie, Wenger or Mourinho in charge, they would win the World Cup.

— Andy Gray

Strikers in England get less time than in Holland, and it took me a while to get used to that.

— Vincent Janssen

I think my mother's family came on the Mayflower from England - D.A.R., you know.

— Sissy Spacek

I have decided that I want one or two seasons in England before the end of my career, and I want it…

— Rivaldo

In England, with all due respect, we have some of the plainest actresses in the entire world as our greatest.

— Minnie Driver