England Quotes · Page 30

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

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

Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England.

— Stephen Gardiner

I heard, 'Shondaland is doing Regency England with Netflix,' and I was like, 'I'm in!'

— Phoebe Dynevor

Going to Stade Francais will not just make me a better player but make me a better player for England.

— James Haskell

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

— Charles James Fox

I used to hate England because they ruled my country but I am happy they gave us the game of cricket, which…

— Kapil Dev

I am actually what my age and my upbringing have made me - a bourgeois who adheres to the British constitution, adheres…

— E. M. Forster

You don't get these types of opportunities in England. I have tried different sports, met people from all over the world and…

— Jack Harrison

England is so dominant within the U.K. that separate English and U.K. parliaments and governments are a recipe for weakness and instability.

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

I learned music listening to Elvis' records. His measurable effect on culture and music was even greater in England than in the…

— Mick Fleetwood

I started playing when I was about 16, and I got picked for the England youth team when I was 17 because…

— Fallon Sherrock

I don't have any intentions to return to England. I would go back if I could return as a free person. I…

— Ronald Biggs

What's difficult for American audiences is that they're used to a system here where you can get an actor for five years…

— Julian Fellowes

Mr Palliser was one of those politicians in possessing whom England has perhaps more reason to be proud than of any other…

— Anthony Trollope

I have been trying to think of the earth as a kind of organism, but it is no go. I cannot think…

— Lewis Thomas

Instead of disbursing her annual millions for these dye stuffs, England will, beyond question, at no distant day become herself the greatest…

— August Wilhelm von Hofmann

Most American writers don't get asked their opinion on current affairs, whereas in Europe and England, we still do. There are writers…

— Salman Rushdie

What has gone catastrophically wrong in England and the States is that for 30 years we've lost the ability to talk about…

— Tony Judt

Personally, I'd like as many children as I can pop out, I reckon. You come from a happy family; you want to…

— Emilia Clarke

I think that going to the beach as a child, being in the water and smelling that salt air and hearing the…

— Brian Skerry

When I worked at the Bank of England, I learnt a very simple lesson: your sums must always add up.

— Rachel Reeves

“What was England, before Wolsey? A little offshore island, poor and cold.”

— Hilary Mantel

I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!

— Rupert Friend

I'm certainly not intimidated by New England or anybody else.

— Rex Ryan

In England, where I come from, fashion and music go hand in hand. They're integral to each other.

— Don Letts

When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.

— Alan Rickman

The other advantage England have got when Phil Tufnell is bowling is that he isn't fielding

— Ian Chappell

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

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

I don't like leaving my dog when I go to England and she is with me all the time.

— Shirley MacLaine

Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep.

— Thomas Campbell

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

— Michael Owen