England Quotes · Page 54

I have been in tournaments before where people would say, 'England should win this game,' and we didn't.

— Jordan Henderson

The meteor flag of England Shall yet terrific burn, Till danger's troubled night depart, And the star of peace return.

— Thomas Campbell

England is a very popular foreign country to visit because the people there speak some English.

— Dave Barry

In England, David and I are big fish in a small pond. But in L.A., we are tiny, tiny, tiny fish in…

— Victoria Beckham

During my time as England captain I have always been both helpful and direct in my communications with the ECB.

— Kevin Pietersen

We have to reduce our expectations of England and we have the players to do it

— Steve McClaren

England in a way is lucky. It's an island, so the frontiers are given by the sea.

— Salman Rushdie

“The fastest way to destroy a culture is to make it multicultural.”

— Robert Black

I have played up front for England, been away to tournaments, and scored goals there, so I know once I get into…

— Danny Welbeck

Welcome to Bologna on Capital Gold for England versus San Marino with Tennent's Pilsner, brewed with Czechoslovakian yeast for that extra Pilsner…

— Jonathan Pearce

I don't get a lot of enjoyment out of sitting there for an hour and a half watching a game like we…

— Michael Owen

You wouldn't see those sorts of decisions given in village cricket, let alone Test cricket. The England players have my sympathy.

— Ian Botham

And his six pawns were scattered like the ships of the Armada that should have conquered England; the Lord blew, and they…

— Hans Kmoch

It's unimaginable to meet a Pole or a German who does not know about the history of their country. But lots of…

— Norman Davies

When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was terrible because I would put my hand up to…

— M.I.A

The national sport of England is obstacle-racing. People fill their rooms with useless and cumbersome furniture, and spend the rest of their…

— Herbert Beerbohm Tree

When I was at Stratford, the very first thing that I was commissioned to work on was trying to make a musical…

— Trevor Nunn

By natural means, as the Lord always operates for the accomplishment of his purposes, means so simple that the thoughtless and unbelieving…

— Anthony W. Ivins

If you go out on the Appalachian Trail, you have to bring so much more equipment - a tent, sleeping bag -…

— Bill Bryson

“In the forest you may find yourself lost, without companions. You may come to a river which is not on a map.…

— Hilary Mantel

This was one of those perfect New England days in late summer where the spirit of autumn takes a first stealing flight,…

— Sarah Orne Jewett

The air of England is too pure for a slave to breathe, and so everyone who breathes it becomes free. Everyone who…

— William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

No people require maxims so much as the American. The reason is obvious: the country is so vast, the people always going…

— Edward Dahlberg

We pretend to be a middle class, democratic nation, but in reality we love our blue bloods. ... We love the prep…

— David Brooks

Look, I was proud to be England's No 1 and it is definitely something I am aiming at again.

— Paul Casey

Perhaps if England and Scotland together had one team we could at least beat the Germans.

— John Prescott

They always lose when it matters (getting it wrong about England in the rugby world cup final 2003).

— Bernard Laporte

I never drove in England. I rode bicycles. So driving is terrifying.

— Ed Weeks

At the Imperial Conference on December 1, it was decided to make war against England and the United States

— Hideki Tojo

We might, either of us, be Queen of England and yet we'll always be nothing to our family.

— Philippa Gregory

The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.

— Michael Owen

I think that France, Germany, Spain, Holland and England will join Brazil in the semi-finals.

— Pele

Take away from English authors their copyrights, and you would very soon take away from England her authors.

— Anthony Trollope

“In England, art was much less likely to be mentioned in polite society than sexual perversions or methods of torture.”

— Edward St. Aubyn

I'm English, I've always wanted to play for England but it's out of my hands.

— Mark Noble

I don't have ladylike clothes, because I live in the country in England.

— Jean Marsh

I'm very thrilled and excited to have been given the opportunity to captain England.

— Kevin Pietersen

He was inordinately proud of England and he abused her incessantly.

— H. G. Wells

The England manager job is not for me - I'm very happy wih what I'm doing in French football for now.

— Gerard Houllier

And getting married this autumn was certainly an additional incentive to spend rather more time in England.

— Jill Dando