Bland Quote by S. J. Perelman

The conventionality of the English is something I find unattractive - the whole lack of joy in the physical.

— Denholm Elliott

I have not got accustomed to English life. The food is truly disastrous and it rains all the time.

— Patrice Evra

Variety, individuality, peculiarity, eccentricity and indeed crankiness are agreeable to the British mind; they make life more interesting.

— Dorothy L. Sayers

The English are laidback, comfortable socially, and getting along is easy.

— Eoin Morgan

I love the English aesthetic; in a way, I feel it is close to my own, a beautiful chaos; it is a powerful mix…

— Alessandro Michele

I never felt particularly alienated as an English person in America. It doesn't feel culturally like a massive gap to me.

— Max Minghella

I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English.

— Bat for Lashes

Here, whatever is not boring is not English.

— Frederic Chopin

What I see as specially English is the charm - everyone is so polite. Being restrained is part of the charm. And I love…

— Danielle de Niese

I think speaking English is beautiful.

— Robinho

The English people on the whole are surely the nicest people in the world, and everybody makes everything so easy for everyone else, that…

— D. H. Lawrence

English is the only interesting thing that's left in my life.

— Joseph Brodsky