Character Quote by Patrick Macnee

There's something in people's character, particularly the British character, about unfairness. They don't like it.

— John McDonnell

I believe that all novels, ... deal with character, and that it is to express character – not to preach doctrines, sing songs, or…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Some of the substance of English words, I just don't understand at all because the culture's so strange to me

— Chow Yun-Fat

The air of the English is down-to-earth. They care about details; there's a tradition, but there's also a counter-culture: the younger generation versus the…

— Tadashi Yanai

The insular arrogance of the English character is a commonplace joke.

— Goldwin Smith

Because British actors hold Shakespeare in such great reverence, we tend to go for the word, which tends to make things very intellectual.

— Geraldine James

Egotism exists everywhere, but it has a different flavor in England, where the tabloid culture goes much deeper. It's just the indulgence of vulgarity,…

— Martin Amis

Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among the English.

— Alfred de Musset

I think it is very possible that my deeper character is not very English.

— Alain de Botton

The English possess too many agreeable traits to permit them to be as much disliked as they think and hope they are.

— Agnes Repplier

“he was no mountaineer when he decided to climb the Hindu Kush. A few days scrambling on the rocks in Wales, enchantingly chronicled here,…

— Eric Newby

“Personally I like the English style better. It is not quite so brittle, and the people as a rule, just wear clothes and drink…

— Raymond Chandler