I love the English spirit because when I was a player, I…

“evening, they began to think that although he could never hope to be an Englishman, still it would be hard to visit that affliction…

— Charles Dickens

“I like to see an angry Englishman," said Poirot. "They are very amusing. The more emotional they feel the less command they have of…

— Agatha Christie

I am by nature the most intolerant and insular Englishman... If you happen to be a person like that and you learn from evidence…

— Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding

I am a proud Englishman and proud every time I pull on the England shirt.

— Dominic Calvert-Lewin

I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was…

— Sean Connery

Remember that those five hundred words an average Englishman uses are far from being the whole vocabulary of the language. You may learn another…

— George Mikes

The last thing an Englishman wants to hear is a man from Brussels trying to imitate his language - you want to hear a…

— Stromae

An Englishman's home is his castle

— English Proverb

For me, earnestness is the greatest crime an Englishman can commit.

— Grayson Perry

“In short, it was precisely the kind of friendship and Englishman makes on holiday, that he can make only on holiday. A friendship that…

— Zadie Smith

Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.

— Cecil Rhodes

“I am not an Englishman, nor are you. Nor can we ever be, regardless of our foxtrots, our straight bats, our Jolly Goods and…

— Kamila Shamsie

Put an Englishman into the garden of Eden, and he would find fault with the whole blasted concern; put a Yankee in, and he…

— Josh Billings

As an Englishman, permit me now to say with what pleasure I learnt of the election of Professor Planck and Professor Stark to the…

— Charles Glover Barkla

“Oh, dear, she thought, this is probably more democracy than an Englishman can stand.”

— Carla Kelly