About Quote by Rowan Atkinson

Much of the rest of the world has already learned some English. They pretty much understand the American way of doing things, because our…

— Bill Vaughan

England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

— George Bernard Shaw

Why on earth do we want closer connection with England? We have little in common with English people except our language. We are fast…

— Henry Lawson

I think Brits probably feel that Americans are more like us than vice-versa, if that makes sense. Because we get everything American over here…

— Hayley Atwell

Everyone thinks England and America are the same, as we have the same language, but I felt like an alien as an English person…

— Jaime Murray

We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.

— Oscar Wilde

As a nation, we English tend to be self-deprecating, looking down on ourselves. We're insular but also flexible, whereas in Germany, it's a case…

— Simon Rattle

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

— Dodie Smith

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

The language we share is at the core of our identity as citizens, and our ticket to full participation in American political life. We…

— S. I. Hayakawa

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

I am sure that the two main forms of English, American English and British English, separated geographically from the beginning and severed politically since…

— Robert Burchfield