Quotes about englishmen
englishmen
I'm an Englishman. What more can I say? Alan Sugar
dogs englishmen mad sun
Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noonday sun
englishmen showing
We are showing that Englishmen can still die with a bold spirit, fighting it out to the end. Robert Falcon Scott
death endure englishmen fortitude great help meet regret sake shown
We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.
appeal call defence englishmen proclaim
I appeal to all Britishers to answer this call to arms for the defence of all the principles that we Englishmen have been the first to proclaim in the world. John Amery
common-sense common englishmen
John Locke invented common sense, and only Englishmen have had it ever since! Bertrand Russell
bold englishmen fact however nature present race transform warlike
Sherry . . . a sickly compound, the use of which will transform a nation, however bold and warlike by nature, into a race of sketchers, scribblers and punsters, in fact into what Englishmen are at the present day.
sound englishmen
I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman. Billie Joe Armstrong
lasts lows englishmen
The last great Englishman is low. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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During my whole life I have not found a happier hunting ground than in the course of the Somme Battle. In the morning, as soon as I had got up, the first Englishmen arrived, and the last did not disappear until long after sunset. Boelcke once said that this was the El Dorado of the flying men.
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Englishmen have very noble and excellent qualities which I should like to see imitated here, but I should not like to imitate them in everything. I like our own habits and character better, they are more consonant to my nature; I like our own turn of thought, our own characteristics, and above all I like our own language. Douglas Hyde
against alarming arc arms assume begins englishmen india rebel reduce somewhat state taking
The state of things in India begins to assume somewhat of an alarming aspect. Englishmen taking up arms against Englishmen! Regiments arc called from Bengal, Bombay, and the Cape, to reduce the rebel army. Whereunto will this grow? Henry Martyn
heroic admire englishmen
Americans admire success. Englishmen admire heroic failure Anne Fadiman
america unhappy englishmen
Why is it, do you suppose, that an Englishman is unhappy until he has explained America? E. B. White
embarrassment states englishmen
Because I am an Englishman I spent most of my life in a state of embarrassment. Colin Firth
englishmen expression honest regarded treated
Window-breaking, when Englishmen do it, is regarded as honest expression of political opinion. Window-breaking, when Englishwomen do it, is treated as a crime. Emmeline Pankhurst
song self englishmen
I love the sad songs with their maudlin, self-deprecating, almost funny lyrics. As an Englishman, they make a lot of sense. Teddy Thompson
taste formidable englishmen
It is in bad taste," is the most formidable word an Englishman can pronounce. Ralph Waldo Emerson
song elsewhere englishmen
I've written so many songs about Englishmen, I have to go elsewhere. Ray Davies
language english-language englishmen
An Englishman is content to say nothing when he has nothing to say. Samuel Johnson
lasts india englishmen
I am the last Englishman to rule in India. Jawaharlal Nehru
islands englishmen
Englishmen must have an island. F. Scott Fitzgerald
dog england englishmen
You never find an Englishman among the under-dogs except in England, of course. Evelyn Waugh
lambs lions englishmen
An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion. George Chapman
bare englishmen express feelings hear large legs room seem six speak thousand
I am now in Gibraltar. It is a large place and there does not seem to be room in this letter, in which to express my feelings about Moors in bare legs and six thousand Red-coats and to hear Englishmen speak again.
answer believe difference english englishmen exactly firmly irish jump material nine prosperity purchase question refuse shows ten
How many Irishmen are there who would purchase material prosperity at such a price? It is exactly such a question as this and the answer to it that shows the difference between the English and Irish race. Nine Englishmen out of ten would jump to make the exchange, and I firmly believe that nine Irishmen out of ten would indignantly refuse it.
average englishman englishmen stranger
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
englishmen highest peer resides
In England, the sovereignty resides exclusively in the person or individual who is king. All Englishmen are his subjects. And the highest peer in the realm... has no share in the sovereignty.
dancer terrible englishmen
I was a terrible dancer. I dance like an Englishman. John Cleese
sex long englishmen
The Englishman can get along with sex quite perfectly so long as he can pretend that it isn't sex but something else. James Agate
queues form englishmen
An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one. George Mikes
doe principles englishmen
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. George Bernard Shaw
inspiration englishmen beaten
No Englishman is ever fairly beaten