England Quotes

The Stuart sovereigns of England steadily attempted to strengthen their power, and the resistance to that effort caused an immense growth of Parliamentary influence.

There are hardly half a dozen writers in England today who have not sold out to the enemy. Even when their good work has been a success, Mammon grips them and whispers: More money for more work.

Most brilliant star upon the crest of Time Is England. England!

So many of my thoughts and feelings are shared by the English that England has turned into a second native land of the mind for me.

O mighty-mouthed inventor of harmonies, O skilled to sing of Time or Eternity, God-gifted organ-voice of England, Milton, a name to resound for ages.

They make other nations seem pale and flighty, But they do think England is God almighty, And you must remind them now and then That other countries breed other men.

I sort of lived half my life in California, half in England, so I am, I suppose, a little bit American.

I had been with the label since I was 21. The label wanted shiny pop but I didn't. I found a little independent and we've got all these great reviews in England and now it has gone gold.

Crowned with leaves of the laurel. In England the Poet Laureate is an officer of the sovereign's court, acting as dancing skeleton at every royal feast and singing-mute at every royal funeral.

I like the relative literacy of at least some of England. I mean, I didn't come for the food or the weather!

They're great devotees of Noel Coward in England, of course, he's a favorite son, and so to play Coward in London is such fun, and anyway, the role is such a crazy lady. I just love doing that.

Our fathers waged a bloody conflict with England, because they were taxed without being represented. This is just what unmarried women of property are now.

I was a star in England, but Ive never been a star in America. Now I am.

The destruction of India's village system was the greatest of England's blunders.

Take away from English authors their copyrights, and you would very soon take away from England her authors.

Here in England the welfare of the State depends on the conduct of our aristocracy.

My life changed incredibly when I moved from Holland to England.

If they had offered me James Bond, I probably couldn't have gone to England anymore in my life. James Bond with an accent? That would have been something.

Unfortunately apparently I am to blame because I don't produce enough English players.

In England, football is important for everybody.

O pastoral heart of England! like a psalm Of green days telling with a quiet beat.

Growing up in Malaysia and England, there wasn't an obvious route into the comics world, so my creative energy went into theatre and prose and then movies and TV.

In America, unlike England, unlike Israel, unlike Japan, other democracies, we have elections that have staggered terms.

...but in every century, and ever since England has been what it is, an Englishman has always felt somewhat ashamed of his own emotion and of his own sympathy.

England are looking better value for 0-0.

Why should you use a term [rebels] in the United States and England and maybe other countries and use another term in Syria ? This is a double standard that we don't accept.

England is unrivalled for two things - sport and politics.

England does not love coalitions.

The enterprise of America precedes that of Europe, as the industry of England precedes that of the rest of Europe.

It is therefore wish'd that all commerce were as free between all the nations of the world as it is between the several counties of England.

Remember, Sir, that [England] began the slave trade!

They always lose when it matters (getting it wrong about England in the rugby world cup final 2003).

Remember I've seen a video tape of a Scotland-England match and I've seen him miss a chance from five yards. It was against England and he couldn't score. So what does that say?

Organizing the working class in England or the U.S. or any other advanced capitalist country has been a daunting challenge.

England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high tea, ice-cream cornet.

I just do my act. If people in England don't get my joke I make fun of myself for telling it.

As a big music fan, England is an amazing place to go.

The best side drew (after a hard fought 1-1 draw)

I feel so bad about my MBE now that I am going to tie it around my cat.

The fact is that I loved being in England.

The 2011 riots in England, which left five dead and caused more than $300 million in property damage, were fueled by a generation of young Brits who grew up without ever hearing the word No.

My folks were English . . . we were too poor to be British.

I felt I wasn't getting anywhere in England.

He was bare chested and in good trim. I said that just looking at him I knew there would always be an England

Alessandro del Piero reminds me of Robert Rosario when I had him at Coventry.

Don't count your eggs until the chicken's laid them.

He's the only man I know who could start an argument with himself. (on Craig Bellamy)

As a Scot Gordon Brown will find it hard to convince people in England he should be prime minister.

If Russell Wilson gets outside of the protection and can scramble around, New England loses. If the Patriots keep him in the pocket, New England wins.

My parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish, my great-grandparents are Irish. I was born in England; my blood is Irish.