English fans and the English atmospheres are special.

It's not easy for a foreigner to come to England and win the respect of your team-mates, of the fans, and of the English…

— Hugo Lloris

People talk a lot about the Welsh fans but English supporters are also among the world's best.

— James Haskell

I know the English fans will treat players as they deserve, and I'm not worried about that in the slightest.

— Sergio Ramos

Tottenham, and I hope the English fans will forgive me, are a club in mid-table and I need more.

— Samuel Eto'o

There is no comparison to English fans.

— Samuel Eto'o

The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not naturally corporate people; they disliked…

— Paul Theroux

No, I didn't forget Samoan - I understand it when you talk to me but, you know, to put phrases together I sound like…

— Junior Seau

I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English.

— Bat for Lashes

While we like to think queueing is unique to British culture, the truth is that we are mere amateurs. The old Soviet Union turned…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

I'm not very good at standard English.

— James Nesbitt

Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears.

— Anonymous

Nineteenth-century English literature I know; 19th-century sewage systems, not so much.

— Glen Duncan

“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

Nothing teaches great writing like the very best books do. Yet, good teachers often help students cross that bridge, and I have to say…

— Julia Glass

English teachers tend to put more thought in the books than the author did

— Anonymous