160 quotes found
“It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman despise him.”
“Land of hope and glory Mother of the Free How shall we extol thee who are borne of thee? Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set God who made thee mighty make thee mightier yet.”
“Remember that you are an Englishman and consequently have won first prize in the lottery of life.”
“Rule Britannia Britannia rule the waves Britains never will be slaves.”
“Snobbery - the "pox Britannica"”
“The difference between the vanity of a Frenchman and an Englishman seems to be this: The one thinks everything right that is French the other thinks everything wrong that is not English.”
“The Empire is a Commonwealth of nations.”
“The English woman is so refined She has no bosom and no behind.”
“The House of Lords is a model of how to care for the elderly.”
“The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for 5 days.”
“The most dangerous thing in the world is to make a friend of an Englishman because he'll come sleep in your closet rather than spend 10 shillings on a hotel.”
“The young Cambridge group the group that stood for "freedom" and flannel trousers and flannel shirts open at the neck and a well-bred sort of emotional anarchy and a whispering murmuring sort ...”
“There will always be an England While there's a country lane Wherever there's a cottage small Beside a field of grain.”
“Without class differences England would cease to be the living theatre it is.”
“You must not miss Whitehall. At one end you'll find a statue of one of our kings who was beheaded at the other the monument to the man who did it. This is just an example of our attempts to be fa...”
“Though I love my country I do not love my countrymen.”
“England has forty-two religions and only two sauces.”
“In England I would rather be a man a horse a dog or a woman in that order. In America I think the order would be reversed.”
“England is the paradise of individuality eccentricity heresy anomalies hobbies and humours.”
“Not only England but every Englishman is an island.”
