England Quotes

1571 England quotes by 1079 unique authors

Lately I've been falling asleep listening to 'Common One' by Van Morrison, specifically the song 'Summertime in England.' It's 15 minutes long, so to make… — Nate Ruess
Be England what she will, With all her faults she is my country still. — Charles Churchill
France placed the state above society , democracy above constitutionalism, and equality above liberty. As a result, for much of the nineteenth century it was… — Fareed Zakaria
England a fortune-telling host, As num'rous as the stars, could boast; Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of Fate in grounds of… — Charles Churchill
If any person had told the Parliament which met in terror and perplexity after the crash of 1720 that in 1830 the wealth of England… — Thomas B. Macaulay
But we are the people of England; and we have not spoken yet. Smile at us, pay us, pass us. But do not quite forget. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We make a mistake forsaking England and moving out into the periphery of life. After all, Taormina, Ceylon, Africa, America -- as far as we… — D. H. Lawrence
Englands genius filled all measureOf heart and soul, of strength and pleasure,Gave to the mind its emperor,And life was larger than before:Nor sequent centuries could… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism, but February.... Spring is too far away to comfort even by… — Joseph Wood Krutch
I was born in Bradford, a city in the north of England that God forgot about. A place where most people never leave, but if… — Natalia Kills
In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so. — Joe Elliott
You can see the goldenrod, that most tenacious and pernicious and beauteous of all New England flora, bowing away from the wind like a great… — Stephen King
I think we have to find somebody out there to beat New England besides us, and I think that would help. Anybody out there that… — Rex Ryan
In my opinion, the form of Government may be different in different countries, according to their circumstances, their wishes, their wants. England loves her Queen,… — Lajos Kossuth
They like my books better in England than in France; a translation would be very successful there. — Marcel Proust
In England the rich own the poor and the men own the women. — Tom Stoppard
The New England spirit does not seek solutions in a crowd; raw light and solitariness are less dreaded than welcomed as enhancers of our essential… — John Updike
The inquiry in England is not whether a man has talents and genius, but whether he is passive and polite and a virtuous ass and… — William Blake
I knew I was in England by the smell. — Erica Jong
The capacity for friendship usually goes with highly developed civilizations. The ability to cultivate people differs by culture and class; but on the whole, educated… — Margaret Mead
England produces the best fat actors. — Jimmy Cannon
...I will praise the English climate till I die—even if I die of the English climate. There is no weather so good as English weather.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I hold all idea of regulating the currency to be an absurdity; the very terms of regulating the currency and managing the currency I look… — Richard Cobden
Those of you who have been there Haiti know it is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. It has everything. It has… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
When I came to England, the first director I met was Charles Sturridge, who told me, 'You speak like somebody out of the 1950s. — Richard E. Grant

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