America Quote by Henry David Thoreau

There is always that age-old thing about England and America being divided by a common language. You think that because we speak English and…

— Rowan Atkinson

Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England.

— Dodie Smith

And gentlemen in England now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with…

— William Shakespeare

But we are the people of England; and we have not spoken yet. Smile at us, pay us, pass us. But do not quite…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I do find it extraordinary that men are so prepared to pay for your dinner here. That simply never happens in England. When I…

— Kate Beckinsale

I cannot speak your england.

— William Shakespeare

You English are like mad bulls... you see red everywhere! What on earth has come over you, to heap on us such suspicion as…

— Wilhelm II

We can only converse if we can speak the same language. So if we are going to build One Nation, we need to start…

— Ed Miliband

That's the statement of the culture of England and Britain that someone would try to con a personal statement out of you to then…

— Frank Lampard

Through my youth, there was imposed on us a culture relentlessly English. English books were all you could buy; English television filled our screens,…

— Richard Flanagan

The British vice is overthinking before we speak, which is really annoying. I love the way that, in America, people are more straightforward.

— Felicity Jones

Men in England are ruled, at this minute by the clock, by brutes who refuse them bread, by liars who refuse them news, and…

— Anonymous