Distance Quote by Roger Rees

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

— Chris O'Dowd

England has become a squalid, uncomfortable, ugly place ... an intolerant, racist, homophobic, narrow-minded, authoritarian, rat-hole run by vicious, suburban-minded, materialistic philistines.

— Hanif Kureishi

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 fools American can be for England”

— Charles Finch

England is an incredible breeding ground for talent, yet it finds it really hard to sustain it or keep it. Once you obtain any…

— Eugene Souleiman

I think it's because in America you always get the sense that if you fail, you can just pack up your things and go…

— John Cleese

To be the outsider is actually a great thing in England.

— Edie Campbell

There's a particularly British wariness of appearing to try too hard. It's somehow distasteful. Everything should come to us seamlessly and, if you have…

— Kate Reardon

England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are.

— John Cleese

There's nothing the British like better than a bloke who comes from nowhere, makes it, and then gets clobbered.

— Melvyn Bragg

England is still a place where a naughty boy who comes from nothing can live his dream.

— Raheem Sterling

You're going to find England, unfortunately, is a place where you get a lot of jealous, envious, you know, negative people. That's how it…

— Philip Green