England Quotes · Page 56

As for my personal ambitions, I always loved playing for England and always felt I did well.

— Peter Crouch

I always had the impression England never came to competitions with freedom of mind. They are so afraid of mistakes.

— Gianfranco Zola

The Bible has always been regarded as part of the Common Law of England.

— William Blackstone

I love football, but I'm sick of the World Cup. I don't even care about England.

— Elton John

Of course, one day I'd like to play for a big club in England.

— Victor Osimhen

I think I might have a glass of champagne, if there is any in Nagpur, and just enjoy the moment.

— Alastair Cook

In England, people are only interested in my football and it's better for me.

— Serge Aurier

We can trace almost all the disasters of English history to the influence of Wales.

— Evelyn Waugh

America was founded by the refuse of the religious fanatics of England, these undesirable elements that came over on the Mayflower. Ignorant,…

— Frank Zappa

I am George Cockcroft. But when I come to England or Europe, where the name Luke Rhinehart is better known, then I…

— Luke Rhinehart

People who wrote literary novels about the past probably didn't want them pegged as historical fiction. Certainly that was true in England.

— Hilary Mantel

Walt Whitman and Emerson are the poets who have given the world more than anyone else. Perhaps Whitman is not so widely…

— Oscar Wilde

Wimbledon attracted Bill Clinton to the gallery at Centre Court Tuesday at the All England Club. NBC cameras showed his head turning…

— Argus Hamilton

Today the sort of thing for a guy in England growing up is that you have to suppress all your emotions. It's…

— Freddie Highmore

A lot of people would like to see me in England. This is not necessarily the league that attracts me the most,…

— Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

“Have you ever wondered, Dogger," I asked, "if wickedness is a chemical state?" "Indeed I have, Miss Flavia," he said. "I have…

— Alan Bradley

One of the reasons the English got through all their falls and the loss of their empire, all their disasters, their strikes,…

— Norman Mailer

In London there was no home cooking worthy of the name. When you were in funds you ate out. But only the…

— Clive James

Shall we have recourse to the art of printing? But this has not destroyed property or aristocracy or corporations or paper wealth…

— John Adams

England has not wholly escaped the curse which must ever befall a free government which holds extensive provinces in subjection; for, although…

— John C. Calhoun

Cannot you tell that? Every fool can tell that. It was the very day that young Hamlet was born, he that is…

— William Shakespeare

Although I haven't experienced violence in a relationship, I know that two women every week in England and Wales are killed by…

— Jemma Kidd

The form of religion was always a trivial matter to me. ... The pageantry of the Roman Church that first mothered and…

— Mary Catherwood

These developments - a massive transfer of land by way of inheritance and purchase, an unprecedented rise in the profitability of land…

— Linda Colley

It's something I've always wanted to do: wear the number 10 for England.

— Raheem Sterling

I'm going to say it out loud: I'm available for England selection if they serve chicken for pre-match.

— Adebayo Akinfenwa

It pays in England to be a revolutionary and a bible-smacker most of one's life, and then come round.

— Alfred Douglas

England is not a country of granite and marble, but of chalk, marl, and clay.

— John Burroughs

“I should see how it was possible to lead a grand life here—now—in England.”

— George Eliot

You have to be physical - that's the way it is in a midfield in the modern game.

— Jamie Redknapp

I couldn't really jet off to the States on a whim and a prayer.

— David Platt

I remain committed to playing all three formats for England and to winning big series.

— Jofra Archer

In England right now you're not good enough until you get validated.

— M.I.A

The book that meant most to me was 'The Wind in the Willows.' It sounds ridiculous, but that was my vision of…

— Justin Cartwright

Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned?

— Bill Vaughan

There have been more things wrong with England than just Wayne Rooney in the last few years.

— Michael Owen

In England, if one wicket falls, you get two or three in a cluster.

— Ravindra Jadeja

He's not just the best centre-forward in the British Isles, but the only one. (about Ian St John)

— Bill Shankly

That island of England breeds very valiant creatures; their mastiffs are of unmatchable courage.

— William Shakespeare

Often the biggest test is when the chips are down and you've got to stick together as a team.

— Michael Owen