England Quotes

We can trace almost all the disasters of English history to the influence of Wales.

I played for 30 years, 20 with England and I did it by setting goals.

I love England. In fact, they're getting to know me so well at Heathrow Immigration that this time I was able to completely bypass the six months rabies quarantine.

My mortal foe can no ways wish me a greater harm than England's hate; neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me.

How are they defensively, attacking-wise?

He's not only a good player, but he's spiteful in the nicest sense of the word.

And getting married this autumn was certainly an additional incentive to spend rather more time in England.

There was interest from clubs in Italy and England, I believe. But I've never been attracted by the way they play in Italy. Staying in Spain was always my preference.

England did nothing in that World Cup, so why were they bringing books out? 'We got beat in the quarter-finals. I played like s**t. Here's my book.'

I got a divorce eleven years later on the grounds of cruelty, which is still not easy in England.

Ridley and I talk every day. Our family is very close because were from North England.

A batsman's skill and technique are judged on how he faces the Duke ball in England

My goals in Holland were known as 'stiffies', which means something quite different in England of course.

I've got a farm in England where I breed horses.

I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from England.

We opened a design center in the South of England last year as part of our strategy for being close to our customers and developing innovative products for exciting new markets.

A broad definition of crime in England is that it is any lower-class activity that is displeasing to the upper class.

We stay as a team. I might be England captain, but that doesn't mean I get treated differently.

I mean the interesting thing I think would be if something happened like, what happened in England where all these kids that all of a sudden can't afford the ticket prices.

Some people in England only have their wheelie bins collected once a fortnight. Their suffering is unimaginable.

For a number of years in England nobody had any idea what I looked like.

Me? As England's answer to Jonah Lomu? Joanna Lumley, more likely.

To do something for someone or something you loved-England or Shakespeare or a dog or the Hodbins or history-wasn't a sacrifice at all. Even if it cost you your freedom, your life, your youth.

England are learning to walk before they can run with their feet nailed firmly to the ground.

I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.

When eras die, their legacies Are left to strange police. Professors in New England guard The glory that was Greece.

I was always ready to leave England for some absurd reason.

Leaving England was a painful decision, and we still have some regrets about it. However, at that time, the research environment for theoretical chemistry was clearly better in the U.S.

If you can't outplay the opposition, you must outnumber them.

Poor Wales. So far from Heaven, so close to England.

Farming implements are as cheap in Sydney as in England.

England is a country where people stay exactly as they are. The soul does not receive the slightest jolt.

I grew up in a brick house. What's wrong with bricks? An Englishman took me aside and said, "You have to understand, all the bricklayers in England are Irish, and the English hate the Irish."

The business of being a popular entertainer in England is just too hard.

I come from a family of pacifists, so it's not like I was going to join the war. Sweden is not like the States or England where you might get sent to Afghanistan next month.

There are many things in life more worthwhile than money. One is to be brought up in this our England which is still the envy of less happy lands.

I'm very happy to be back playing rugby for England again - there were times when I questioned if this would happen.

In a world where England is finished and dead: I do not wish to live.

I came to England in 1962 as a very young bride, in my teens, hoping just to stay two years and go back.

England is so defined, the class system, your education. I think what was unique about the Canterbury scene.

Whenever I go overseas I buy funny eyelashes. For example the same brand that are in Japan and England are different styles. So I bought both.

London has been used as the emblematic English city, but it's far from representative of what life in England is actually about.

If England had Fergie, Wenger or Mourinho in charge, they would win the World Cup.

I know that Martin Johnson [the England coach] was in the stands, but I didn't feel it was up to me to impress them. He and his assistant [Brian Smith] were here to support me.

In America, fundamentalist Christians believe the world was created 6,000 years ago - in England people drink in bars that are older than that.

I'm really glad that Italy went out, they were playing boring football. (on Euro 2004)

These fledgling democracies in the Middle East, they're actually fighting for their freedom. And what are they rioting for in England? Leisurewear.

Whichever country you are, if you lose games you are criticised. It's only when it's England it's like a new world war.

By the time the plane was airborne I'd forgotten England even existed.

I think Paul Scholes is the best player in England. He's got the best skills, the best brain. No one can match him. There isn't a player of his mould anywhere in the world. Paul is irreplaceable.