Culture Quote by Julia Hartley-Brewer

The truth is that a willingness to queue is no longer the mark of a true Englishman or woman. It's what you do when…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

A queue doesn't necessarily imply order and good manners among our fellow men. Usually it's just down to poor organisation, under-staffing and hopeless service…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

I know as a nation we don't mind a queue, but queueing gives me time to think and this isn't always a good thing.

— Chris McCausland

We Brits are law abiding folk. We pride ourselves on our natural tendency to form an orderly queue rather than a scrum.

— Nick Boles

If these are indeed the spirits of Englishmen and Englishwomen who have passed over into the next world, surely they would know how to…

— Julian Barnes

“We’re in line to get to you.” “What, are you queuing now? Just how British are you people? Don’t just stand in line! Kill…

— Jonathan Stroud

By manipulating queuing, by manipulating expectation, you can lead people to a fundamental confrontation, not only with themselves, but with the Other.

— Terence McKenna

“A facetious if logical question comes into George's mind, from where he cannot tell, unless as a reaction to all this unwonted intensity. If…

— Julian Barnes

Apparently the Dutch now prided themselves on being better at queues than the English, which was absurd, because standing cheerfully in line was the…

— Orson Scott Card

People get annoyed waiting for their turn in a queue but everyones turn comes.

— Robert D Dangoor

A foreign observer is struck by our gentleness: by the orderly behaviour of the English crowds, the lack of pushing and quarrelling, the willingness…

— George Mikes

When all is said, its atmosphere [England's] still contains fewer germs of aggression and brutality per cubic foot in a crowded bus, pub or…

— Arthur Koestler