Englishman Quotations

The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.

An Englishman bears with patience any ridicule which foreigners cast upon him. John Bull never laughs so loudly as when he laughs at himself; but the Americans are nationally sensitive and cannot endure that good-humoured raillery which jests at their weaknesses and foibles.

In this case it appealed to me partly because it felt close to me in some ways. This is about a confused, bewildered middle class Englishman adrift in smalltown America and that has definitely been me.

My father and mother emigrated to Canada in 1958, but there's nobody more English than an Englishman who no longer lives in England, and our home was a shrine to all things English.

Who is my biggest inspiration? Wow... I really, without wanting to sound 'aw gee shucks,' I'd have to say my wife who taught a rather uptight Englishman what there is to be got out of life. Susan is my greatest inspiration. She has more integrity than anyone I know, and integrity is more important than anything for a happy and successful life.

At the end of the day it was a guy from Nepal and a guy from New Zealand who conquered the world's highest peak for the British Empire. Bannister's feat a year later meant as much to the nation if not more. An Englishman had finally got to the top of the mountain.

An Irishman fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but will do either to accommodate his customers

I've always felt that an Englishman should lead the national team because they would have a greater commitment and connection to the supporters. If they want to approach Steve I would not stand in their way. It would break my heart for Birmingham City but I would be very happy for Steve, who is a terrific, honest manager.

Sam is one of several potential candidates. He has a chance because he is an Englishman at the top of his profession.

Propose to any Englishman any principle or instrument, however admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the English mind is directed to find a difficulty, a defect, or an impossibility in it.

An Englishman is a man who lives on and island in the North Sea governed by Scotsmen

A man once asked to shake hands with me, the "greatest Englishman who ever lived." I replied, "F**k off, I'm Irish.

It is said, I believe, that to behold the Englishman at his best one should watch him play tip-and-run.

It's the biggest job in football and we would not stand in his way if he wanted to take it. We're the only team to get a win and a draw against Chelsea this season which speaks volumes for his tactical ability. It's a great reflection on him and Charlton that he's linked with the job. I'd personally like to see an Englishman in the job next, and the fact is that Alan's one of the best English coaches there is.

The average Englishman does not see why a stranger should accost him with jocosity - many Englishmen do not see why a stranger should accost them at all

I'm disappointed for Steve. I know he wanted the job. I'm an Englishman and I'll reserve my judgement on that appointment.

I have never met anyone in Ireland who understood the Irish Question, except one Englishman who had only been there a week

I doubt if the average Englishman felt himself as much oppressed by Charles I as by the plague; or if any colonial American was as much in dread of taxation without representation as of smallpox. And it may reasonably be contended that Walter Reed and William Crawford Gorgas brought to man freedom in a more happy sense and in a larger measure than any military or political leader.

Collins is a bald, bland Englishman who writes interchangeably uninteresting songs.

I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes

To be an Englishman is to belong to the most exclusive club there is.

Every Englishman knows one thing - that to be an Englishman is the best thing there is.

A Frenchman is self-assured because he regards himself personally both in mind and body as irresistibly attractive to men and women. An Englishman is self-assured as being a citizen of the best-organized state in the world and therefore, as an Englishman, always knows what he should do and knows that all he does as an Englishman is undoubtedly correct. An Italian is self-assured because he is excitable and easily forgets himself and other people. A Russian is self-assured just because he knows nothing and does not want to know anything, since he does not believe that anything can be known. The German's self-assurance is worst of all, stronger and more repulsive than any other, because he imagines that he knows the truth -- science -- which he himself has invented but which is for him the absolute truth.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable