Country Quote by Chris O'Dowd Download Open image “There tends to be a jealousy in England towards countries that are successful.” — Chris O'Dowd ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Country England Jealousy Successful Tends Towards
In Britain, any degree of success is met with envy and resentment. — Christopher Lee Copy Share Image
England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
England is so dominant within the U.K. that separate English and U.K. parliaments and governments are a recipe for weakness and instability. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
You're going to find England, unfortunately, is a place where you get a lot of jealous, envious, you know, negative people. That's how it… — Philip Green Copy Share Image
England is an incredible breeding ground for talent, yet it finds it really hard to sustain it or keep it. Once you obtain any… — Eugene Souleiman Copy Share Image
The reason for my big success in England was the Brits - they started wanting to go on holidays, like Spain and Greece. — Demis Roussos Copy Share Image
Although I don't have anything against people from other countries, the higher the influx into England the more the British identity disappears. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The whole strength of England lies in the fact that the enormous majority of the English people are snobs. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
In America, it's quite admirable if someone's done well or been successful at whatever it is. Whereas in Britain, they're not. They only like… — Aphex Twin Copy Share Image
People are so much more fascinated by the royal family generally than in England. — Vanessa Kirby Copy Share Image
You know the illusion of the cheap money is over and now Britain has to go out there and graft and earn its way… — George Osborne Copy Share Image
The cauliflower soup sounds so good. And the broccoli-melt sandwich. I've never heard of such a thing. — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
I would be nothing if it wasn't for the town where I grew up and the people who gave me my inspiration. — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
I'd like to think that I'm getting slightly more mature as time goes on, but I don't know if my fiancee would necessarily agree. — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
I definitely enjoy an audience, when I'm performing. As I get older I'm kind of less comfortable at being demonstrative. I always fancied myself… — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
I'm never overawed by a situation and I think that's because I've always looked several years older than I am. So because people were… — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
When I was about 13 I realised girls weren't going to kiss me because I was a gigantic, weird looking creature from the depths.… — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that female writers aren't being given enough opportunities by male producers. — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
The fame thing has happened very gradually, so I've been kind of lucky. — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
When I say I hate nostalgia, I hate things set in the recent past where everything is shiny and new. — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
Well, when you're the youngest of five, parents kind of lose interest more and more through the children. I think my eldest brother was… — Chris O'Dowd Copy Share Image
I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so… — Maria Sharapova Copy Share Image
That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
If my campaign is not in the debate, we will not be talking about how we really fix this problem of endless and expanding war, why we need to cut the military budget by 50%, why we need to bring back our troops scattered overseas, the police force of the world, in over a hundred countries, something like eight hundred… — Jill Stein Copy Share
For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
There's no reason someone who has fought for their country should be homeless of jobless. — Chris Kyle Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and activists - as starting revolutions - does not exist in most people's minds. And I think it's very, very important that folks understand how much this country was founded on the enslavement of blacks, and how… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share
It's very nice to be a rebel saying, 'I stand on my principles,' but if in fact that's not going to have any impact… — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
Most paper money initially existed as a substitute for gold. That's what gave it value. But right now what gives a currency value is other currency. Most countries hold reserves and the reserves are other currencies. If you are a backing up the euro with the dollar, what's backing up the dollar? I don't think it is going to go… — Peter Schiff Copy Share
You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The United States cannot and should not discriminate on the basis of religion. The free exercise of religion is at the very heart of… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century some parts of the world were unexplored, but there was almost no restriction on travel.:; Up to 1914 you did not need a passport for any country except Russia.:; The European emigrant, if he could scrape together a few pounds for the passage, simply set sail for America or Australia, and when he got there no… — George Orwell Copy Share
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