England Quotes

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Few can contemplate without a sense of exhilaration the splendid achievements of practical energy and technical skill, which, from the latter part of the seventeenth… — E F Schumacher
England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality. — George Orwell
It [England] is a family in which the young are generally thwarted and most of the power is in the hands of irresponsible uncles and… — George Orwell
The Tories in England had long imagined that they were enthusiastic about the monarchy, the church and beauties of the old English Constitution, until the… — Karl Marx
I come from Yorkshire in England where we like to eat chip sandwiches - white bread, butter, tomato ketchup and big fat french fries cooked… — Helen Fielding
I realized that kids everywhere go for the same stuff; and seeing as we'd done it in England, there's no reason why we couldn't do… — John Lennon
In commemoration of the fact that France was our ally in securing independence the citizens of that nation joined with the citizens of the United… — William Jennings Bryan
There is probably nothing wrong with art for art's sake if we take the phrase seriously, and not take it to mean the kind of… — Allen Tate
On the Continent stray cats are judged individually on their merit-some are loved, some are only respected; in England they are universally worshipped as in… — George Mikes
In England the boy pats his adored one on the back and says softly, "I don't object, you know." If he is quite mad with… — George Mikes
People on the Continent either tell you the truth or lie; in England they hardly ever lie, but they would not dream of telling you… — George Mikes
If somebody tells you an obviously untrue story, on the Continent you would remark, "You are a liar, Sir, and a rather dirty one at… — George Mikes
On the Continent there is one topic which should be avoided-the weather; in England, if you do not repeat the phrase "Lovely day, isn't it?"… — George Mikes
Intellectuals can tell themselves anything, sell themselves any bill of goods, which is why they were so often patsies for the ruling classes in 19th-century… — Lillian Hellman
The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic. There will, perhaps, be a Thucydides at Boston, a Xenophon at New… — Horace Walpole
Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England. — Karel Capek
When eras die, their legacies Are left to strange police. Professors in New England guard The glory that was Greece. — Clarence Day
In England the more horses a nobleman has, the more popular he is. So long as the English are devoted to racing, Socialism has no… — Otto von Bismarck
No people require maxims so much as the American. The reason is obvious: the country is so vast, the people always going somewhere, from Oregon… — Edward Dahlberg
In America, the policeman is a working-class hero. In England, the policeman is a working-class traitor. — Martin Amis
There are hardly half a dozen writers in England today who have not sold out to the enemy. Even when their good work has been… — Aleister Crowley
There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of laws; and no… — Edward Coke
Continuity is one of the things I like about New England. — Tracy Kidder
England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses. — John Florio
Modern American literature was born in protest, born in rebellion, born out of the sense of loss and indirection which was imposed upon the new… — Alfred Kazin

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