Roast beef Quote by Clifford Longley

When mighty roast beef was the Englishman's food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood-- Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were…

— Henry Fielding

When I grew up, my father used to say that cricket is not a profession, cricket cannot bring you food. But I think he…

— Viv Richards

“It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavors look interesting and lively; that was…

— Bill Bryson

I've always lived in an English household. We had roast beef and Yorkshire puddings every Sunday.

— Owen Hargreaves

I think Andrew Strauss never gets enough credit for what he's done for English cricket.

— Nasser Hussain

The English invented cricket to make other human endeavors look interesting.

— Bill Bryson

Roast beef, medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy.

— Edna Ferber

Life without cricket was initially harder for my dad than playing the game for Yorkshire and England had ever been. He missed it, and…

— Jonny Bairstow

For all we know that English people are/ Fed upon beef - I won't say much of beer/ Because 'tis liquor only, and being…

— Lord Byron

You don't want roast beef and Yorkshire every night and twice on Sunday.

— Brian Clough

I remember my first meeting with Alastair Cook clearly. The entire Lancashire side, some of them pretty mild-mannered, really laid into him. He'd just…

— James Anderson

My caddy today was a Scot and he told me that he was cheering for Australia, which I thought was a bit harsh. But…

— Andrew Strauss