Quote by Ian Fleming

“Better be dead than living without nobility. I'm an Englishman, a man of manners.”

— Deepak Rana

“The Englishman's story seemed unlikely; there had to be a God. Who would have made everything otherwise?”

— Donal Ryan

“He knew it was there, that opiate of the Anglos. And his hand clutched the box just as the kettle whistled. Violent death demanded…

— Louise Penny

“He quite liked the English. They tended to say sorry a lot, which was quite understandable given their heritage and the crimes of their…

— Terry Pratchett

“It was funny, Richard Sharpe thought, that there were no vultures in England.”

— Bernard Cornwell

“...Cromwell informed me I’d only have the keys to my car once I’d earned his trust back. His trust? Like I was the creeptastic…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“The little that he had said, thus far, had been sufficient to convince me that I was speaking to a gentleman. He had what…

— Wilkie Collins

“Oh, come on. You eye-hump him all through British History.”

— Cynthia Hand

“Ah. And then you kill him." "No," Arkwright replied patiently. "We are British. We avoid murder if we can help it.{...}”

— Rick Yancey

“There's no need to kick him in the balls for him to tell the story honestly and impartially, because the dead are usually honest,…

— Hassan Blasim

“His glare snapped back on her with enough speed that she shrunk away from him. 'Make no mistake about me,' William said harshly. 'I'm…

— Destiny Booze

“And you call yourself an English gentleman,' she exclaimed, savagely. 'No, that's a thing I've never done in all my life.”

— W. Somerset Maugham