England Quote by David Mitchell

“Why did she want to stay in England? Because the history she was interested in had happened here, and buried deep beneath her analytical…

— Elizabeth Aston

“From the standpoint of the upper classes, the system had many merits. They felt that what was paid out of the poor rate was…

— bertrand russell

Poor England! thou art a devoted deer, Beset with every ill but that of fear. The nations hunt; all mock thee for a prey;…

— William Cowper

I think Americans have always been pretty outspoken. I always found that if you had emotions in England, it's like, 'Here's a cup of…

— Rosanna Arquette

“The trouble with the English was that they were English: damn cold fish! - Living underwater most of the year, in days the colour…

— Salman Rushdie

The people of England will curse themselves for having preferred ruin from Churchill to peace from Hitler.

— Anonymous

The English nation is never so great as in adversity.

— Benjamin Disraeli

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

I went to university in the north of England at University of Birmingham to do an English literature degree, and I knew I could…

— Tom Riley

Although I've lived in England for more than twenty years, I still have a foreigner's passion for all the details of English history and…

— Meg Rosoff

I grew up in England, and people there are pretty difficult. They never say what they mean, and when they do it comes out…

— Christina Pickles

In the U.S., the term 'general aviation' means its exact opposite, the way 'public school' does in England. An English public school is private…

— Tom Wolfe