England Quotes · Page 55

There's no doubt that he's the biggest sports star in the world now. (on David Beckham)

— Nick Hornby

The law of England is the greatest grievance of the nation, very expensive and dilatory.

— Gilbert Burnet

The IPL is a different ball game. Going there and playing in England against England is a different thing.

— Prithvi Shaw

I want to try and keep the shirt and play in England for many years.

— Phil Foden

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

— Carlton Fisk

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

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

— Aneurin Bevan

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

— Marc Newson

Here is one of the points about this planet which should be remembered; into every penetrable corner of it, and into most…

— Rose Macaulay

The English have no imagination: and yet they do show imagination in two things - two only. In the evening-clothes worn by…

— Natalia Ginzburg

I left Jamaica to come to England, but one place became another place. I lived in Tulse Hill, in Brixton and Coldharbour…

— Dillian Whyte

Yes, Manchester United are the best team in England, but you have to ask how good has the Premier League been since…

— Jose Mourinho

Before I ever acted as an amateur - which I did a great deal at school and at university - I used…

— Ian Mckellen

Each decision will be done on a case-by-case basis and we'll make the decision we feel is best for the New England…

— Bill Belichick

I realized that kids everywhere go for the same stuff; and seeing as we'd done it in England, there's no reason why…

— John Lennon

I grew up a little bit in Germany and then in Switzerland, then in France, the United States and in England, and…

— Alexander Dreymon

“This is an odd one. You have one country in the world where a word has a deeper meaning, it can really…

— Todd McFarlane

I have written millions of words about contemporary England - in journalism. Why don't I take it as the background for a…

— Sebastian Faulks

In England if something goes wrong--say, if one finds a skunk in the garden--he writes to the family solicitor, who proceeds to…

— Alfred North Whitehead

In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The…

— Alex Ferguson

We make a mistake forsaking England and moving out into the periphery of life. After all, Taormina, Ceylon, Africa, America -- as…

— D. H. Lawrence

I have always been English, ever since I emigrated from England and since the kids in Canada beat me up at the…

— Lennox Lewis

If we carry purism to it's logical conclusion, to do it right {fishing} you'd have to live naked in a cave, hit…

— John Gierach

A great number of soundings, mainly along the continental slope of the New England States were also taken by the vessels of…

— Alexander Agassiz

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

— Robbie Fowler

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

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

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

— Jamie Redknapp

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

— Oscar Wilde

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

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

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

— Gareth Southgate

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

— George Takei

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

— John F. Kennedy

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

— Sven-Goran Eriksson