England Quotes · Page 124

[Nature said] The sea shall disjoin the people [of England] from others, and knit them to a fierce nationality. It shall give…

— Marsilio Ficino

I didn't realise you could travel so far and still be in England.

— Kevin Bond

I don't want to return to France; France doesn't tempt me at all. I like England.

— Riyad Mahrez

If you're famous, you suck, just for being famous. People in England totally get that; Americans don't.

— Trey Parker

The attitude of the English towards English history reminds one a good deal of the attitude of a Hollywood director towards love.

— Margaret Halsey

Sri Lanka is an island off the coast of India. There's two ethnicities there; one the Sinhalese, which is the majority and…

— M.I.A

I would like to live in Manchester, England. The transition between Manchester and death would be unnoticeable.

— Mark Twain

“The English winter is long, cold and wet, just like the English summer”

— Benny Bellamacina

David Beckham is a patriot, and I am sure he will help in any way he can. Beckham needs to be part…

— Gordon Taylor

I know, I feel, that with the introduction of tobacco England woke up from a long sleep. Suddenly a new zest had…

— James M. Barrie

The challenge of coaching a national side like England would be something different. The job is not about coaching every day.

— Fabio Capello

England gave me a language and literature, the basis of what I am as a writer, but when I started writing more…

— Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

The way to ensure summer in England is to have it framed and glazed in a comfortable room.

— Horace Walpole

We, at least, are not loyal men: we confess to having more respect and honour for the raggedest child of the poorest…

— James Connolly

The first time I ever saw people of any color was when D-Day left from my hometown in England, to go and…

— Richard Dawson

I've always felt that English women had to be approached in a sisterly manner, rather than an erotic manner.

— Anthony Burgess

Just as the England football manager starts with bells and flags and balloons and ends up reviled, so do prime ministers. Tony…

— Terry Wogan

a greater evil than the restoration of the Bourbons to the world in general, and England in particular, can hardly happen.

— Charles James Fox

England and Greece are friends. English blood was shed on Greek soil in the war against fascism, and Greeks gave their lives…

— Melina Mercouri

Horses pretty much broke as a record in England.

— Patti Smith

In terms of soccer, it wasn't really a thing that girls did. In England it more kind of Net Ball and Hockey…

— Parminder Nagra

The fact is that I loved being in England.

— Anonymous

My first ever-ever professional role was in a television show in England called 'Love Soup.' It starred Tamsin Greig. I just played…

— Ben Lloyd-Hughes

For William Cecil and others in Elizabeth's Council, whose sense of Catholic conspiracy and threat governed their political thinking, England's security lay…

— Susan Brigden

I look upon parliamentary government as the noblest government in the world, and certainly one most suited to England. But without the…

— Benjamin Disraeli