Englishmen Quotes

Englishmen Quote of the day

Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.

The gin and tonic has saved more Englishmen's lives, and minds, than all the doctors in the Empire.

Ask any man what nationality he would prefer to be, and ninety nine out of a hundred will tell you that they would prefer to be Englishmen

Englishmen learn Christ's law best in English. Moses heard God's law in his own tongue; so did Christ's apostles.

Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness.

I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one.

When you play test cricket, you don't give the Englishmen an inch. Play it tough, all the way. Grind them into the dust.

Englishmen must learn to be Brahmins, not banias.

[The] prevailing reason at this time is, that the Act of Parliament is against the Magna Charta, and the natural rights of Englishmen, and therefore, according to Lord Coke, null and void.

I cannot believe that the killing of 2,000 Englishmen at New Orleans qualifies a person for the various difficult and complicated duties of the Presidency.

I am the last Englishman to rule in India.

To Englishmen, life is a topic, not an activity.

Englishmen hate Liberty and Equality too much to understand them. But every Englishman loves a pedigree.

Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.

Red lips are not so red as the stained stones kissed by the English dead.

The characteristic virtue of Englishmen is power of sustained practical activity and their characteristic vice a reluctance to test the quality of that activity by reference to principles.

In the heart of any pious Jew, God is a Jew. Is your God an Englishman or an American?

All Englishmen talk as if they've got a bushel of plums stuck in their throats, and then after swallowing them get constipated from the pips.

An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.

An Englishman fears contempt more than death.

If these are indeed the spirits of Englishmen and Englishwomen who have passed over into the next world, surely they would know how to form a proper queue?

I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.

In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.

You are Englishmen; mind your privileges, give not away your right.

Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them.

Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun.

At twelve noon, The natives swoon And no further work is doneBut mad dogs and Englishmen, Go out in the midday sun.

An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.

Englishmen have always loved Moliere.

Leave three Englishmen in a room and they will invent a rule that prevents a fourth joining them.

The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil.

For us, sons of France, political sentiment is a passion; while, for the Englishmen, politics are a question of business.

My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad.

Every Englishman is convinced of one thing, viz.: That to be an Englishman is to belong to the most exclusive club there is.

Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the mid-day sun; The Japanese don't care to, the Chinese wouldn't dare to; Hindus and Argentines sleep firmly from twelve to one, But Englishmen detest a siesta.

I've written so many songs about Englishmen, I have to go elsewhere.

But Lord! To see the absurd nature of Englishmen that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at everything that looks strange.

An Englishman is content to say nothing when he has nothing to say.

Most Englishmen are convinced that God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton.

German and Spanish are accessible to foreigners: English is not accessible even to Englishmen.

Englishmen are babes in philosophy and so prefer faction-fighting to the labour of its unfamiliar thought.

Old England is our home, and Englishmen are we; Our tongue is known in every clime, our flag in every sea.

One matter Englishmen don't think in the least funny is their happy consciousness of possessing a deep sense of humor.

There is nothing so bad or so good that you will not find Englishmen doing it; but you will never find an Englishman in the wrong. He does everything on principle.

Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is good ale.

The Invitation, To Tom Highes What we can we will be, Honest Englishmen. Do the work that's nearest, Though it's dull at whiles, Helping, when we meet them, Lame dogs over stiles.

I have no intention of watching undersized Englishmen perched on horses with matchstick legs race along courses planned to amuse Nell Gwynn.

I was a terrible dancer. I dance like an Englishman.

Englishmen have a genius for looking uncomfortable. Their feelings are terribly mixed up with their personal appearance.

I'm an Englishman. What more can I say?