The English truly understand the dynamic between buildings and land. — Nicholas Haslam Copy Share Image
It's such a surprise for the Eastern eyes to see, That though the English are effete They're quite impervious to heat. — Noel Coward Copy Share Image
John Locke invented common sense, and only Englishmen have had it ever since! — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I feel Scottish when with English people, and when I'm with Scottish people, I realise I'm English. — Nina Conti Copy Share Image
England, where nobody ever says what they mean: and by denying feeling, kill it off stone-cold at the roots. — Caitlin Thomas Copy Share Image
“Of all people in the world the English have the least sense of the beauty of literature.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You don't have to speak English to have sophisticated political opinions. — Ronny Chieng Copy Share Image
I welcome him like I welcome cold sores. He's from England, he's angry and he's got Mad Power Disease. — Paula Abdul Copy Share Image
I've made a dog's breakfast of English history, geography, 'King Lear,' and the English language in general. — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
“She would put her “naïve American optimism” toward making herself indispensable to him, and she’d win him. Because naïve American optimism beat… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
It must be owned, that the Graces do not seem to be natives of Great Britain; and I doubt, the best of… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I was a supporting character in other people's lives, which seemed right and familiar to me. I was also an outsider: English… — Allegra Huston Copy Share Image
The King of Prussia is innately a bad neighbor, but the English will also always be bad neighbors to France, and the… — Marie Antoinette Copy Share Image
I think Brits probably feel that Americans are more like us than vice-versa, if that makes sense. Because we get everything American… — Hayley Atwell Copy Share Image
Americans aren't good at accents, but the English are because their accents change. You go five or six blocks and the accent… — Nick Nolte Copy Share Image
I think the English are bipolar. 'We're the greatest, no we're terrible' - that's a constant English struggle. Crime is down, there's… — Dara O Briain Copy Share Image
I was raised to be kind. My parents were underdogs. Immigrant Jews. I spoke with an accent. I didn't speak English even… — Saul Rubinek Copy Share Image
When we moved to England in 1986, I was ten years old and I didn't know anything about punk or hip hop.… — M.I.A Copy Share Image
“I should add, however, by way of justification of French politeness, that our fellow-countrymen are, when travelling, models of good manners in… — Guy de Maupassant Copy Share Image
“Think of my Pleasure in Solitude, in comparison of my commerce with the world - there I am a child - there… — John Keats Copy Share Image
“Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse. I… — Gerard Nolst Trenité Copy Share Image
“Kilmartin wrote a highly amusing and illuminating account of his experience as a Proust revisionist, which appeared in the first issue of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." Maybe the best proof that… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
To be honest, the core reason why I became an actor was that I didn't want to go to school. That's where… — Ranbir Kapoor Copy Share Image
I was writing full time after quitting a job as a high school English teacher, and I hadn't been able to sell… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
The only thing strong about the French Army is their damn body odor. — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
