England Quotes · Page 49

I am thrilled to be joining a club as prestigious and successful as Liverpool.

— Peter Crouch

There is no second country for an Englishman, except a ship and the sea.

— Madame de Stael

I am a proud Englishman and proud every time I pull on the England shirt.

— Dominic Calvert-Lewin

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

— Thibaut Courtois

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

— Fabio Capello

Every time Spain play England at any level, it is difficult.

— Thiago Alcantara

The people of England are never so happy as when you tell them they are ruined.

— Anonymous

The ball goes down the keeper's throat where it hits him on the knees to say the least.

— Ron Atkinson

When I look back now I wouldn't say that I cringe, but I start to realize how naive I was then. I…

— Stuart Pearce

When I first saw California, it was extraordinary. Because I came from old, black, dark England, still recovering from World War II.…

— Geoffrey West

Our children were mostly brought up and educated in the Churchill suburb east of Pittsburgh. Each summer, we took them back to…

— John Pople

In France, it's easy to know which team is going to win the game, whereas in England, anywhere you play, you know…

— Anthony Martial

Refecting on the high divorce rate in America as contrasted with England "American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection…

— W. Somerset Maugham

It's a horrible feeling - there's nothing worse for any player than to be thinking at the back of your mind that…

— Jamie Redknapp

I think England is one of the biggest soccer leagues in the world - fantastic! Just like Spain's LaLiga also, with big…

— Douglas Costa

I have only been here since 1996 but between 1966 and 1996 England had thirty years without foreign players and didn't win…

— Arsene Wenger

I had another idea of getting a traveling medicine wagon with a dropdown side and traveling around England. That might sound crazy…

— Jimmy Page

The good thing about England - like, if I were in France, all people would be doing is rubbing my nose in…

— David Sedaris

“We drove out of London, heading north through the East Midlands and across Yorkshire to Lancashire. I sat in the back with…

— Andrew Michael Hurley

On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they [the Colonies] raised their flag against a power to…

— Daniel Webster

For a spinner growing up in England, it is challenging to become an off-spinner. The line and length needs to be altered…

— Harbhajan Singh

“It was English, and the wych-elm that she saw from the window was an English tree. No report had prepared her for…

— E.M. Forster

Churchill knew the importance of peace, and he also knew the price of it. Churchill finally got his voice, of course. He…

— Suzanne Fields

It's a very cheery thing to come into London by any of these lines which run high and allow you to look…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

I have been at Leicester since I was 12 and to play for England at the King Power is obviously going to…

— Ben Chilwell

Everything is about class in England, whether it's upper, lower or middle. Why should that be?

— Francesca Annis

It's very hard as an Asian actress to get seen for anything which isn't specifically Asian in England.

— Jessica Henwick

The last positive thing England did for cricket was to invent it.

— Ian Chappell

There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands.

— Agatha Christie

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

At home, I hardly ever leave London. I don't like the countryside in England.

— Hugh Grant

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

— Phil Jones

In England I feel very well known, not only by Chelsea's fans, but also by other teams.

— Marcos Alonso

You know that when you come to England, there are a lot of players who like to play a more physical game.

— Vincent Janssen

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

— James Anderson

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

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

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

— Joe Elliott

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

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

— William Shakespeare