England Quotes

They like my books better in England than in France; a translation would be very successful there.

When you arrive in England for football it's a paradise.

It's great to see young players like Kieran coming out and not being intimidated by it. (on Kieran Richardson)

Manchester United have, since 1991, conquered Europe about as successfully as Head and Shoulders has conquered dandruff

I see the Beatles have arrived from England. They were 40 pounds overweight - and that was just their hair.

In England, 'Doctor Who' has always been considered a children's show, at least by children.

Tea! The English could always be pacified with it!

In Europe, where human relations like clothes are supposed to last, one's got to be wearable. In France one has to be interesting, in Italy pleasant, in England one has to fit.

Scholes was England's best football player. It was impossible to take the ball from him, and he never mishit a pass.

Living in England, provincial England, must be like being married to a stupid but exquisitely beautiful wife.

Referees don't come down here with a particular flavoured shirt on.

In England the boy pats his adored one on the back and says softly, "I don't object, you know." If he is quite mad with passion, he may add: "I rather fancy you, in fact.

They [the English] amuse themselves sadly as in the custom of their country. [Fr., Ils s'amusaient tristement selon la contume de leur pays.]

Englishwomen's shoes look as if they had been made by someone who had often heard shoes described, but had never seen any.

People on the Continent either tell you the truth or lie; in England they hardly ever lie, but they would not dream of telling you the truth.

England have the best fans in the world and Scotlands fans are second to none

Honest to god, I'm so happy it's frightening! I'm just so chuffed - that's all I can say. (on playing for Liverpool again)

France built its best colony on a principle of exclusion, and failed; England reversed the system, and succeeded.

Slade was the coolest band in England. They were the kind of guys that would push your car out of a ditch.

The Queen of England jumped out of a helicopter and parachuted into the stadium. What was even more amazing was when Prince Charles flew in using his ears as a hang glider.

Don't call me a Postmodern!

Bad weather has grounded the Luftwaffe and now we must stand by and watch countless thousands of the enemy getting away to England under our noses.

It seems that England's royal family is running out of money. They are down to just $1.6 million. Well sure, that's what happens when nobody in your family has had a job for the last thousand years.

England's not a bad country? It's just a mean, cold, ugly, divided, tired, clapped-out, post-imperial, post- industrial slag-heap covered in polystyrene hamburger cartons. 286

He is such a great player that he has the capabilities to let no one affect his game. (on David Beckham)

Just getting out of your town seems to be a pervasive thing in England. But I don't want to keep grinding the axe forever, it's boring.

The cinema is going to form the mind of England. The national conscience, the national ideals and tests of conduct, will be those of the film.

England, with all thy faults I love thee still, My country!

I am a big fan of music and clothing style of the 1960s. Whether in England or the United States, I like everything from that time.

You are as safe with me as you would be in the Bank of England.

When England go to Turkey there could be fatalities - or even worse, injuries.

The notion of 'history from below' hit the history profession in England very hard around the time I came to Oxford in the early 1960s.

England has forty-two religions and only two sauces.

There is a feeling which persists in England that making a sandwich interesting, attractive, or in any way pleasant to eat is something sinful that only foreigners do.

The Stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand, To prove the Upper Classes, Have still the Upper Hand.

My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England there's an environment of, Let's try this.

Wherever wood can swim, there I am sure to find this flag of England.

We have to be careful not to let our game not be the game we know it should be.

The better the opposition put in front of you, the better your team plays.

Coats are my favorite thing, and it's always cold in England. I'm comfortable spending a bit of money if you know you're going to be wearing it 10 years later.

I was born in Liverpool in England, and I lived there for the first nine years of my life.

Christianity is part of the laws of England.

Undoubtedly Internet has reduced the possibilities of taxation. Why should I buy something here if I can buy it from a company in Japan or England or Brazil with a lower tax?

British ferries have stopped transporting live animals to the Continent. This has made it very difficult for England fans to get to Away matches.

England is very dreary, but I'm a people person.

Before World War II in Canada, you were nobody until you went to England. Then, after that it was you're nobody until you went to the States.

The level of football in England is the top. English football is the leader in the world.

A few years ago England would have struggled to beat the Eskimos

England is my home, but Australia is my land and my country. This is where my heart is and where my family are. Australia will always be there, but I've made the decision to live here.

Will I return to England? I don't know. I'll think it over.