England Quotes - page 9

Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben, I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about. I always woke up before the plane landed. (Alan Bradley)
When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter. View quote
Alan Rickman
I think worrying things are going on in England - a real apathy. View quote
Alan Rickman
If only Vivien Leigh had stayed in England, that part would have been mine. View quote
Joan Bennett
I want to make all Europe and America know it - I want to make England feel her weakness if she refuses to give the justice we the Irish require - the restoration of our domestic parliament. View quote
Daniel O'Connell
No person knows better than you do that the domination of England is the sole and blighting curse of this country. It is the incubus that sits on our energies, stops the pulsation of the nation's heart and leaves to Ireland not gay vitality but horrid the convulsions of a troubled dream. View quote
Daniel O'Connell
The one enemy in the world that America has is England. But then, England is the great land of Christian civilization, and it may not be a thing to be much wondered at that our Americans whom we send to represent us in London become in a short time somewhat civilized, and learn to love those who hate them, bless those that curse them, and do good to those that persecute and calumniate them. View quote
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa
It is in that English Parliament the chains for Ireland are forged, and any Irish patriot who goes into that forge to free Ireland will soon find himself welded into the agency of his country's subjection to England. View quote
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa
I am a subject of the British Crown, but whenever I have to choose between the interests of England and Canada it is manifest to me that the interests of my country are identical with those of the United States of America. View quote
Wilfrid Laurier
I am quite prepared, if we can do it without any disrespect to the Crown of England, to bring our titles to the marketplace and make a bonfire of them. View quote
Wilfrid Laurier
When Robert Frost was alive, I was known as the other new England poet, which is to be barely known at all. (Howard Nemerov)
Lately I've been falling asleep listening to 'Common One' by Van Morrison, specifically the song 'Summertime in England.' It's 15 minutes long, so to make it through the entire song is a real task unto itself, but Van has that emotional payoff that makes even his most tiresome songs more powerful than most people's entire catalog. View quote
Nate Ruess
Look to your consciences and remember that the theatre of the world is wider than the realm of England. View quote
Mary, Queen of Scots
So many of the loveliest things in England are melancholy. View quote
Dodie Smith
Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England. View quote
Dodie Smith
I won't go to England because they won't let my dog in. View quote
Uta Hagen
England and France were rivals, not only on the continent, but in the West Indies, in India, and in Europe. View quote
Albert Bushnell Hart
The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, - three departments of government. View quote
Albert Bushnell Hart
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. View quote
Alison Moyet
Equally, though, there are guys who play England Under 19 who don't even play First Class cricket. It is a watershed in the careers in many ways. View quote
Andy Pick
You know, nobody eats in England. three or four pints of english beer a night fills you. i can't say i'm very impressed with the food in America. it's all sort of bland. like turkey sandwiches. (Anne Dudley)
The academy awards in England; it's a classy affair as well. View quote
Brenda Blethyn
Lincolnshire is the Idaho of England. You were either going to drive a tractor for the rest of your life or head for the city to work in a factory. View quote
Bernie Taupin
England is my wife, America my mistress. It is very good sometimes to get away from one's wife. View quote
Cedric Hardwicke
Here in England we live at a slower pace, have more time to enjoy things - like good jazz. View quote
Chris Barber