England Quotations | Page 4

Whether it's us not playing well or England not allowing us to play well it's a difficult one to work out,

When I was manager (of Liverpool) in England the national team coach was much more understanding.

We're going to see significant sterling weakness this year. Although the Bank of England is on hold for now the pressure is building for rate cuts in the second half of the year.

When we first came out, there were a lot of people, especially in England, who wanted to fight us.

We found historic letters showing that Lord Stanley directed his aid-de-camp to travel to England to purchase the Cup. That was an interesting historical find.

We got to where we wanted to get, we got the first-round bye, we beat up New England pretty good. We can take solace in that, but honestly to do what we did the first week in the playoffs and to play like we did today, it's not pretty.

Through my youth, there was imposed on us a culture relentlessly English. English books were all you could buy; English television filled our screens, and in consequence, England seemed to matter in a way that our world didn't.

We knew this was going to be our night. We knew it all week. This was one of those special weeks. We heard all week about how there was no way New England could lose. We had a great week and knew this was going to be the night.

Wales v England is one to tell your kids about. The game everyone wants to be a part of. To play against England, to have the opportunity to beat them, is something we all dream about and I'm sure all the lads feel the same.

Venice is truly magical. The Devon-Dorset coast in England is so beautiful, and its sandstone cliffs are full of fossils, which can make for some very exciting walks. And I love Halifax, a great place with all the modern things you could want, plus a wonderful sense of history, and, of course, the sea.

When you beat Arsenal, they are a good three points.

The English possess too many agreeable traits to permit them to be as much disliked as they think and hope they are.

English civilization rests largely upon tea and cricket, with mighty spurts of enjoyment on Derby Day, and at Newmarket.

You can get samosas in any pub in England today, pretty much. So, "Gunga Din" has come back.

There's no way the future's over for Martin Keown, Tony Adams or David Seaman.

No money in the world can buy a white England shirt.

You only get one chance of an England debut.

If you take the money away, a lot of the footballers would still be playing football. So, the money has nothing to do with it.

Of late years an abundant shower of curates has fallen upon the North of England.

It is a long way off, sir" "From what Jane?" "From England and from Thornfield: and ___" "Well?" "From you, sir

Why should Ireland be treated as a geographical fragment of England - Ireland is not a geographical fragment, but a nation.

It's almost like he has Dr. Who's Tardis because he always turns up on time. (on Teddy Sheringham)

England still will be here without you.

Here in England we live at a slower pace, have more time to enjoy things - like good jazz.

There are no English, French, German or American Jews, but only Jews > > >living in England, France, Germany or America.

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

I see the Beatles have arrived from England. They were 40 pounds overweight - and that was just their hair.

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

The place was so British, I wouldn't have been surprised if the mice wore monocles.

I left England when I was four because I found out I could never be King.

There are many talented English personalities, but unfortunately they were all in Hollywood.

I felt I wasn't getting anywhere in England.

We flew over to England by the same route Churchill took. It was easy. All we had to do was follow the cigar ashes.

England occupies a warm spot in my affections. It was the scene of my greatest performance. I was born there.

I am not qualified to be a Dame. To be Dame you have to represent England in a way that I don't.

No more watching that show Small England or whatever it's called where those two idiots dress up as 'laydees'. It's a bad influence.

...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.

We achieved such a lot in England with the school dinners campaign. Could we do the same in the States? Absolutely.

Wayne Bridge has got a good chance which is great news. When he first got injured in the England game we thought it would be a number of weeks but he's progressed and pushed himself really hard. He's got a good chance.

It was doing very well; it was doing particularly well outside of England. It was a very big seller for Carlton Television. But it was getting more and more expensive to do.

When it comes to saving England, Maggy is Ball's Deep

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

The Church of England is the only church in the world that interferes neither with your politics nor your religion

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

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

I am already bound unto an husband, which is the kingdom of England.

I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of 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.

Referees and linesmen are killing teams.

I'd Love to be captain of Arsenal for even just one day.

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.

He was born an Englishman and remained one for years.

Growing up in England, I was constantly surrounded by the Arthurian legend.

I have an apartment back home in London. England will be home for me. It always has been and always will be. It's where my friends are.

I'm a hard-mouthed north-eastern lad. That's me - the Eminem of Northeast England.

We are going to make a pretty strong bid to defend our New England title.

Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be.

But are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid? [Referring to Gothic novels, fashionable in England at the beginning of the 19th century, but frowned upon in polite society.]

I've found places that are just as beautiful as New England, but this is my home.

You can't just play on the edge of games - you have to be in the thick of it.

I've had two or three injuries when with England and it's been a bit bizarre.

You have to be physical - that's the way it is in a midfield in the modern game.

Physically and mentally I'm stronger right now because an injury is not playing on my mind all the time.

As I say, you get labeled. To stop all that, I've got to win things - that's the only way you make your mark.

My life is really so much based in England.

In England, you're allowed to have an opinion - as long as it comes out of your mouth.

There is a question mark over May. The Bank of England is overly optimistic on their forecasts so they will have to revise those, but I'm not sure they will do it in time (for May).

There are some similarities. In '02, their players were not as strong as they are now. With New England coming as favorite, I don't think you can compare it to then.

We're a New England family of community journalists, and they are too. We've always been neighbors and friends. . . . This gives us a chance to grow in New England in the kind of places that we know. It goes back to the roots of both our companies.

We hope to get about 300 to 800 beneficiaries from the Greater D.C. area Maryland, Virginia and the New England states and bring them in so that they have a chance to state their case.

We have played three qualifying games now since we took over and they have all been close, and although we are disappointed to have lost to England we are still confident of doing something against the Poles.

We've seen in the papers that we've been smashed by England. All credit to them: they played fantastically well. But if we actually dissect exactly what happened, it came down to a couple of edgy draws and a game where we were beaten by two runs. It was a lot closer than everyone made out.

We've seen for six months on the trot the Bank of England asking for higher rates. A new chancellor will have to build credibility with markets, so he'll almost certainly have to deliver a rate hike if one's asked for.

We've seen a steady improvement from a woeful starting position. That will all help the arithmetic of the GDP numbers. The Bank of England will take heart from this.

We have received two bids from England, one of which has been accepted already. The other will be discussed by the directors today,

The real fact is that I could no longer stand their eternal cold mutton. (on why he left England for South Africa)

There is certainly no pressure from us, and I don't think there is any from England for him to be playing.

There is no doubt that the performances of the England team since the 2003 Rugby World Cup have been unacceptable and that changes have to be made if we are to turn things round.

When I moved from Independiente to Atletico Madrid, I was only 18, and I found it hard to adapt. But what surprised me most about moving to England was how fast the game was. I like it, but it is so quick.

When I was 13, I told my dad I wanted to move to Florida to attend the IMG Academy. I wanted to be a golfer, and that's hard to do in New England where I could only practice half the year.

When I walk down with Cousy I'm walking in as the face of New England as the face of so many people who weren't fortunate enough to get into what I got into.

The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storm may enter, the rain may enter -- but the King of England cannot enter; all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement!

What we can't afford to do and what Welsh rugby can't afford to do is to lose its stars to England or France.

Well, I am a dilettante. It's only in England that dilettantism is considered a bad thing. In other countries it's called interdisciplinary research.

We are in Transylvania, and Transylvania is not England. Our ways are not your ways, and there shall be to you many strange things. Nay, from what you have told me of your experiences already, you know something of what strange things there may be.

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

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

Players only understand substitutions when they become managers.

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

Nowhere in the world do supporters love their clubs more than in England. England is paradise to play in.

I'm gonna start off somewhere small like London or England.

Clark Terry is an American Master. I love to listen to him, particularly 'Mumbles.' I was so delighted when we received degrees together, along with Edward Kennedy, at the New England Conservatory in 1997.

We're looking to win every game and this one isn't any different - even though we'll be helping England if we do win.

We're looking forward to it. GA is another really strong New England team, so it will be a good test for us.

We're going up to New England next week to play the defending champs. This time of year, those boys always come to play. We are going against the defending champs. You can't ask for anything more than that.

There are two stories to the origin. The first one involves a bunch of guys who got together for a horse race in England during the 1800s. The weather was bad and they did not want to risk hurting their expensive horses, so they ran the race themselves. The second was a (horse) race where there was so much fog no one could see. They ran from church steeple to church steeple in each town. Supposedly that's how it got its name. Either way, the event came from people running from town-to-town and jumping over fences, creeks and whatever else was in the way.

The British are so incestuous. They pass around partners like they're passing popcorn at a movie.

Oh England is a pleasant place for them that's rich and high, But England is a cruel place for such poor folks as I

England, where no one has guns: 14 deaths. United States...23,000 deaths from handguns. But--there's no connection...

When I got there, all the pasta and science stuff hadn't quite caught on in England - things that were perfectly acceptable then wouldn't be tolerated now.