“When Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning-rod, the clergy, both in England and America, with the enthusiastic support of George III, condemned it… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Growing up and living in England, I'm surrounded by grey skies and sarcasm, so when I came to America, my first impressions… — Stanley Donwood Copy Share Image
[from The One and Only Official Mr. Gum Official Glossary That Tells You What Words Mean by Explaining Them Using Other Words]… — Andy Stanton Copy Share Image
In Italy, they are incredibly competitive. It may be that their game is more defensive, but they defend so well; here in… — Thiago Alcantara Copy Share Image
Here was my first lesson on the resolutely maintained untidiness and ill-health of the English upper orders. In baggy evening dress and… — Clive James Copy Share Image
When you lose games against Slovakia and England, you're going to get the criticism that goes with it. — Robert Snodgrass Copy Share Image
Throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, the (Rothschild) brothers conducted important transactions on behalf of the governments of England, France,… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
I went to, while I was in the military, Western New England College for my MBA and New England School of Law… — Darryl Glenn Copy Share Image
Poland nil, England nil, though England are now looking the better value for their nil. — Barry Davies Copy Share Image
In England we only make films about the working class or the aristocracy. — Nigel Cole Copy Share Image
It was always yet the trick of our English nation, if they have a good thing, to make it too common. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I hate England and its hopelessness. I hate [Arnold] Bennett's resignation. Tragedy ought really to be a great big kick at misery. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
The valuable properties of this cement depend in a great measure on the mode of preparing it for use. The mixing should… — Canvass White Copy Share Image
England is nice. I always said that if I was playing games for United consistently and playing well I'd have a chance… — Phil Jones Copy Share Image
I think 'chuffed to bits' is a very Yorkshire way of describing my feelings for my friend and county team-mate Joe Root… — Jonny Bairstow Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Wimbledon attracted Bill Clinton to the gallery at Centre Court Tuesday at the All England Club. NBC cameras showed his head turning… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
If you don't play for your club regularly, you won't play for England. — Darren Bent Copy Share Image
Saying England will win the world cup is like Going out with Beyonce, you wish it would happen but deep down inside… — Mwaaba Mugala Copy Share Image
If an earthquake were to engulf England tomorrow, the English would manage to meet and dine somewhere among the rubbish, just to… — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
I have dual citizenship; I would be happy to go to England. I would be very happy to go to America. — John McAfee Copy Share Image
Norway, too, has noble prospects; and Lapland is remarkable for prodigious noble wild prospects. But, Sir, let me tell you, the noblest… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If I could do shoes for anyone, it would be a special project for the Queen of England. — Christian Louboutin Copy Share Image
I built the ideal house down in the Caribbean. All Englishmen dream of leaving the rain of England and getting a place… — Robin Leach Copy Share Image
It is claimed that the United States gets the cleanest and purest tea in the market, and certainly it is too good… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
The sea from Dunkirk to Dover during these days of the evacuation looked like any coastal road in England on a bank… — Douglas Bader Copy Share Image
I decree today that life is simply taking and not giving, England is mine and it owes me a living. — Steven Morrissey Copy Share Image
To be successful to me meant to have a hit record in England. I never looked outside England. — Gilbert O'Sullivan Copy Share Image
You have to cope with expectation if you want to play for England. — Gareth Southgate Copy Share Image
I have written millions of words about contemporary England - in journalism. Why don't I take it as the background for a… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
I attended an extremely small liberal arts school. There were approximately 1,600 of us roaming our New England campus on a good… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
“Why has not England a great mythology? Our folklore has never advanced beyond daintiness, and the greater melodies about our country-side have… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
England's dominant schools, universities, professions and enterprises are largely in the ideological and filial grip of the Conservative party. This isn't always… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
Whether Under-17 level, the 21s, or senior team, it's my dream to play for England as often as I can. — James Maddison Copy Share Image
England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Boys, as far as England was concerned, were always the hard core. And you just know the guys like it. They want… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
To do something for someone or something you loved-England or Shakespeare or a dog or the Hodbins or history-wasn't a sacrifice at… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
The Stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand, To prove the Upper Classes, Have still the Upper Hand. — Noel Coward Copy Share Image