England Quotes · Page 48

The English, who eat their meat red and bloody, show the savagery that goes with such food.

— Julien Offray de La Mettrie

England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality.

— George Orwell

I like the style of football in England and the style of Arsenal, and I'm very happy to play in the Premier…

— Lukas Podolski

The English are probably the most tolerant, least religious people on earth.

— David E. Goldberg

Shortly after that, we got management problems over in England, and Judas Priest asked me to join.

— Glenn Tipton

“There is nothing in England more constant than the inconstancy of dress.”

— Peter Ackroyd

The Church of England is the only church in the world that interferes neither with your politics nor your religion

— Anthony Trollope

New England is quite as large a lump of earth as my heart can really take in.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

And there is London!--England's heart and soul. By the proud flowing of her famous Thames, She circulates through countless lands and isles…

— Robert Montgomery

The British are special. The world knows it. In our innermost thoughts we know it. This is the greatest nation on earth.

— Tony Blair

Before the Civil War, the Southern states were selling a lot of cotton to England and didn't seem to mind British occupation.…

— Henry Rollins

Last year I was a judge for a prize in England, the T.S. Eliot Prize, so I read everything that was published…

— Paul Muldoon

In England, the referees don't call many fouls, as opposed to Spanish football. Consequently, you must be really strong all through the…

— Diego Costa

There are moments when I miss England because it was a great time. But it's nice to be back home and working…

— David Wagner

No England international is a practice match. Every time you wear this shirt, it is of importance for you, the country, and…

— Gareth Southgate

A lot of people told me not to come to the Premier League because of the physical demands, especially if I came…

— Oscar

The bomb was necessary to awaken England from her dreams. We dropped the bomb on the floor of the assembly chamber to…

— Bhagat Singh

I went to university for a year, and I'm not one for schooling and have no enjoyment sitting in a classroom all…

— Travis Fimmel

I grew up in New England. I think I was brought up with the Puritan ethic: that if you worked really hard…

— Ken Blanchard

“Some of us are happy with our African hair, thank you very much. I don't want some poor Indian girl's hair. And…

— Zadie Smith

I always wanted to be a comedian. I loved comedy since I was a little kid, and while I was at university…

— Jim Jefferies

I love the traditional music of all our islands - Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales , but I suppose I'm viewed pretty…

— Ralph McTell

I remember cleaning boots at Millwall on £250 a week and feeling like a millionaire. I'd made it then. At that time,…

— Timothy F. Cahill

I was accused of every monstrous vice by public rumour and private rancour; my name, which had been a knightly or noble…

— Lord Byron

I adore the game, but wouldn't be interested in being the England coach in a million years.

— Leo Beenhakker

When I was a kid, beating England was incredible; it always had greater repercussion than beating anyone else.

— Julen Lopetegui

As a young player here in New England, there's a lot of ups and downs.

— Julian Edelman

When you win the FA Cup, you have a title and a very respectable title in England - more than other countries.

— Louis van Gaal

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

I like the 'Cirque du Freak' books - 'Tunnel of Blood' by Darren Shan. They're set in England. It's about vampires.

— Jamie Waylett

I don't know how you get in the England squad without getting in the Arsenal team.

— Gareth Southgate

I always had the impression England never came to competitions with freedom of mind. They are so afraid of mistakes.

— Gianfranco Zola

As for my personal ambitions, I always loved playing for England and always felt I did well.

— Peter Crouch

England is my wife, America my mistress. It is very good sometimes to get away from one's wife.

— Cedric Hardwicke

Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters.

— William Wordsworth

The Bible has always been regarded as part of the Common Law of England.

— William Blackstone

I love football, but I'm sick of the World Cup. I don't even care about England.

— Elton John

In England, people are only interested in my football and it's better for me.

— Serge Aurier

Of course, one day I'd like to play for a big club in England.

— Victor Osimhen

I think I might have a glass of champagne, if there is any in Nagpur, and just enjoy the moment.

— Alastair Cook