Australia Quote by Danielle de Niese

The English have a heavy hearted way of amusing themselves.

— Maximilien de Bethune, Duke of Sully

The English take everything with an exquisite sense of humour. They are only offended if you tell them that they have no sense of…

— George Mikes

English people have a great sense of humour.

— Demba Ba

When people come to see you, they know what you do. That's what they want. They want it to be quite English; they don't…

— Noel Fielding

I discovered that it's not really about the language. It's about how the words are pronounced and the delivery. We have plenty of good…

— Gad Elmaleh

What's so useful about the British culture of politeness is the level of passive aggression is really fun to write.

— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

And certainly in British culture, as I'm sure it's the same with American culture, we warm to cultures where people can make fun of…

— Omid Djalili

The English probably do that wordplay kind of humour and whimsy better than anyone, and I've always felt that my writing goes more to…

— Graeme Base

The conventionality of the English is something I find unattractive - the whole lack of joy in the physical.

— Denholm Elliott

I enjoy the reaction I get in the U.S.A. when people discover I have an English accent. They don't expect that, and it's kind…

— Marsha Thomason

There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

One matter Englishmen don't think in the least funny is their happy consciousness of possessing a deep sense of humor.

— Marshall McLuhan