England Quotes · Page 45

David Beckham, for me, every time he came to England camps he was an extremely professional football player.

— Sven-Goran Eriksson

I was never accepted into certain parts of New England society because my grandfather was an Irish barkeep.

— John F. Kennedy

England's very different. I was at Barcelona for 10 years, and it's another world.

— Gerard Deulofeu

The reign of Henry VIII is the axis around which England turns.

— David Starkey

Playing in England was a fantastic experience. In Liverpool, I felt at home and really, thoroughly enjoyed it.

— Javier Mascherano

Whenever you're in an England shirt, you have an opportunity to make history.

— Gareth Southgate

I like the relative literacy of at least some of England. I mean, I didn't come for the food or the weather!

— Andrew Solomon

I'm an anglophile. I visit England regularly, sometimes three or four times a year, at least once a year.

— George Takei

I have been told you don't have time to think too much when you get the ball in England. In practice it…

— Paulinho

In England they always try out new mobile phones in Isle of Man. They've got a captive society. So I said, you…

— Mick Jagger

“And in heaven's name, who are the public enemies?" exclaimed Dr. Leete. "Are they France, England Germany or hunger, cold and nakedness?”

— Edward Bellamy

Australia's not so bad with me, really, people are pretty cool with me at home, but in England it feels a little…

— Guy Pearce

An awful lot of England is slowly eroding, in ways that I find really distressing, and an awful lot of it is…

— Bill Bryson

An Englishman is never afraid of being laughed at. He just thinks the other fellow is a fool. But Americans still can't…

— Pearl S. Buck

In England, there are so many TV commercials with nudity in them, and there are so many TV programs that show nudity…

— Mark Roberts

I know if I look back there's a lot of things I look back on and feel proud of in England. My…

— Bradley Wright-Phillips

Money plays an important role in football, but it is not the dominating factor. When Chelsea play a Carling Cup game in…

— Roman Abramovich

I hope to read a Harry Potter novel soon, to see what it's all about. I admit to being annoyed that many…

— Piers Anthony

Yes, Your Grace," I correct her. "I am My Lady, the King's Mother, now, and you shall curtsey to me, as low…

— Philippa Gregory

What struck me most in England was the perception that only those works which have a practical tendency awake attention and command…

— Justus von Liebig

Trial by jury is a privilege of the highest and most beneficial nature [and] our most important guardian both of public and…

— William Blackstone

Now let's try to understand that falling into sexual and emotional thrall with an underage blood relative hadn't exactly been on my…

— Meg Rosoff

The bottom line is that I wanted to come back and play in the Premier League again and wake up on Saturday…

— Michael Owen

[James] Madison pointed out in the discussion of the constitutional debates - the constitutional convention - that democracy would be a danger.…

— Noam Chomsky

I felt that in time simple stone tools would be found in early Pleistocene in England.

— Louis Leakey

Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, But England's Milton equals both in fame.

— William Cowper

Sure, it was difficult when I first came, but I am very happy to be here, in England.

— Carlos Tevez

I haven't counted, obviously, but I reckon I've lost over a year and a half of my career through injury so far.

— Jamie Redknapp

International-wise I want to be heading for the full England squad.

— James Ward-Prowse

To say that I haven't been motivated to play is absolute nonsense.

— Robbie Fowler

In Japan, Australia, and England there is such a strong youth culture.

— Marc Newson

I have heard of worse fates than succeeding the longest-serving manager in England.

— Ralph Hasenhuttl

When I make films, I work with Mike Leigh, who's the most prolific director in England.

— Lesley Manville

The English public takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is immoral.

— Oscar Wilde

You can't just play on the edge of games - you have to be in the thick of it.

— Jamie Redknapp

I came to England in 1962 as a very young bride, in my teens, hoping just to stay two years and go back.

— Buchi Emecheta

It's great to see young players like Kieran coming out and not being intimidated by it. (on Kieran Richardson)

— Rio Ferdinand

People in New England think that the Red Sox won that series, three games to four.

— Carlton Fisk

In Germany democracy died by the headman's axe. In Britain it can be by pernicious anaemia.

— Aneurin Bevan

Mark O'Toole from the FAI has looked after me well back in England to the point that I consider him a father…

— Declan Rice