England Quotes

1571 England quotes by 1079 unique authors

None but the most blindly credulous will imagine the characters and events in this story to be anything but fictitious. It is true that the… — Unknown Author
We all have views on what our Irishness means to us. Two members of the band were born in England and were raised in the… — Larry Mullen, Jr.
Being an England supporter is like being the over-optimistic parents of the fat kid on sports day. — John Bishop
I had a place in England and was commuting from England to Australia, which is pretty stupid, but after two years I sort of knew… — Diane Cilento
When England was a kingdom, we had a king. When we were an empire, we had an emperor. Now we're a country, and we have… — Kenny Everett
England! awake! awake! awake! Jerusalem thy sister calls! Why wilt thou sleep the sleep of death And close her from thy ancient walls? — William Blake
England has never enjoyed a genuine social revolution. Maybe that's what's wrong with that dear, tepid, vapid, insipid, stuffy, little country. — Edward Abbey
Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years ago… — Kazuo Ishiguro
As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of Morals and his Religion, as he left them… — Benjamin Franklin
Pension: An allowance made to anyone without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason… — Samuel Johnson
Alas the Church of England! What with Popery on one hand, and schismatics on the other, how has she been crucified between two thieves! — Daniel Defoe
I recall drinking sherry in California and dreaming of England, where I ate dalmoth and dreamed of Delhi. What is the purpose, I wonder, of… — Vikram Seth
The failure of the reformation to capture France had left for the Frenchmen no half-way house between infallibility and infidelity; and while the intellect of… — Will Durant
Guns aren't toys! They're for family protection, hunting dangerous or delicious animals, and keeping the King of England out of your face! — Homer
You will never have great tennis champions from England because of the cold and dark, but most of all because people only care about the… — Monica Seles
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it… — Charles Babbage
England [sic] is just a small island. Its roads and houses are small. With few exceptions, it doesn't make things that people in the rest… — Mitt Romney
I always thought it hadn't influenced me very much, but I heard from many people from England that many motives from German fairytales are to… — Cornelia Funke
English is, from my point of view as an Americanist, an ethnicity. And English literature should be studied in Comparative Literature. And American literature should… — Paula Gunn Allen
I was born in Norwich in 1946, and educated in England, Zimbabwe, and Australia, before my family settled in North Wales. — Philip Pullman

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