Quote by George Mikes

The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable.

— Winston Churchill

The average Londoner knows just one neighbour. I travel a lot, and I'm always surprised by the strong sense of community in some countries.…

— Lily Cole

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

Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and the difficulties that are endemic in being British also…

— Pete Townshend

What is wrong with the prosaic Englishman is what is wrong with the prosaic men of all countries: stupidity.

— George Bernard Shaw

“We English have no very strong attachment to the soil, we can make ourselves at home in any part of the world, but the…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Ah don't hate the English. They're just wankers. We are colonised by wankers. We can't even pick a decent, vibrant, healthy culture to be…

— Irvine Welsh

“Because it is the triumph of a lack of planning –both for good and bad. It's chaos –and whether you say that with a…

— China Miéville

There tends to be a jealousy in England towards countries that are successful.

— Chris O'Dowd

There's a certain lack of gimmickry to what I do that makes people in England go: 'Where's the thing?'

— John Mayer

The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule the world!

— Terry Gilliam

We should not let those with a political agenda use London's growing population to support their anti-immigration rhetoric, and we should challenge those who…

— David Lammy