England Quotes · Page 25

Let the French but have England, and they won't want to conquer it.

— Horace Walpole

Every manager dreams of a job like this [the England job] and I will be sure to learn English within one month.

— Fabio Capello

When I came to England, everyone told me that I'd get the hits, so I was prepared for that.

— Thibaut Courtois

Everyone has a different view on football, but I didn't have a fear that I wouldn't be good enough in England.

— Luka Modric

Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England.

— Thomas Malory

Fighting in England, for me, is the height of my career. It really is.

— Michael Bisping

In thee thy mother dies, our household's name, My death's revenge, thy youth, and England's fame.

— William Shakespeare

Playing for England was a massive honour and when I was in the team, that was all I wanted to focus on.

— Mike Tindall

My faith is constantly being exercised when I'm put in different situations or I play in big football matches such as my…

— Bukayo Saka

Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their…

— William Cowper

In the event of a victory over Germany by Soviet Russia and England, Bolshevism in Europe would inevitably follow. Under these circumstances…

— Pierre Laval

England is appealing, but when you speak to players who play there, they also tell you that Germany seems like a great…

— Thorgan Hazard

“The way she told it, the English counties are littered with aging spinsters who accidentally displayed a spark of intelligence at a…

— Michelle Cooper

We have seen... that, although England is by far the richest nation of Europe, we have already outstripped her in the race…

— Josiah Strong

The England manager didn't think I was good enough, and as a professional, you have to take it. Sure, it was disappointing,…

— Gareth Barry

People have to fear England and not want to play us. The only way of doing that is to play at a…

— Jordan Henderson

In England, I was quite struck to see how forward the girls are made--a child of 10 years old, will chat and…

— Fanny Burney

Until the year 1967, it was a crime, for which you could be put in prison, to make homosexual love to someone…

— Patrick Macnee

The constitution of England is not a paper constitution. It is an aggregate of institutions, many of them founded merely upon prescription,…

— Benjamin Disraeli

The religion of England is part of good-breeding. When you see on the continent the well-dressed Englishman come into his ambassador's chapel…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Of course the lower classes have always felt downtrodden and aspired to a better life. But there is this theory that people…

— Damian Lewis

“This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable…

— Henry David Thoreau

I went to England to tell jokes, and I wanted to tell my Smokey the Bear joke, but I had to ask…

— Mitch Hedberg

Perhaps we could revisit the issue of World Cup Host selection for 2018/2022 as some countries feel, and we did say, they…

— Sepp Blatter

The men of England,- the men, I mean, of light and leading in England.

— Edmund Burke

I love London. I love England. We were out in the countryside and I had the time of my life

— Debra Messing

With him in defense, we could play Arthur Askey in goal. (after signing Ron Yeats)

— Bill Shankly

O England! Model to thy inward greatness, like little body with a might heart.

— William Shakespeare

Teams use long balls more often in England but obviously you get stronger when you're playing against strong opponents.

— Timo Werner

I grew up in England. My school coat was grey and white herringbone Harris tweed, and I hated it.

— Hilary Farr

The Stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand, To prove the Upper Classes, Have still the Upper Hand.

— Noel Coward

Yes, but either way, shamed or not, I shall be Queen of England, and this is the last time you will sit…

— Philippa Gregory

“But this is England, where the only crime is to be Found Out.”

— Stephen Fry

Daily papers in England used to have an entire page of the paper dedicated to what the Beatles had done the day…

— Lemmy Kilmister

We all grew up aware of Agatha Christie; there is no writer more prolific than her in England.

— Andrea Riseborough

I've just enjoyed playing for England - it's an amazing job.

— James Anderson

In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so.

— Joe Elliott

To be successful to me meant to have a hit record in England. I never looked outside England.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

With England, every time we lost I was 'not passionate.' But I tried to say we won a lot of games when…

— Sven-Goran Eriksson

I think England is the best league for me, for my style of play.

— Phil Jones