England Quotes - Page 8

If you can't outplay the opposition, you must outnumber them.

I do appreciate that the most important thing as manager is to get good results.

I was a young folk singer, or wanted to be. I really wanted to be a New England folk singer, but they never would accept me. I was always hard to categorize, and people wouldn't know what to make of it.

Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England.

Poor Wales. So far from Heaven, so close to England.

He's not only a good player, but he's spiteful in the nicest sense of the word.

How are they defensively, attacking-wise?

Oh, to be in England now that April's there.

To say that I haven't been motivated to play is absolute nonsense.

That Book (the BIBLE) accounts for the supremacy of England

I played for 30 years, 20 with England and I did it by setting goals.

When I was Governor of Massachusetts, we worked to get Sable Island gas into New England.

In England you're skewered on the altar of pop culture if you become pretentious.

Christianity is part of the Common Law of England.

The terms "idiot" and "lunatic" were acceptable diagnostic terms in England up until 1959. "Imbecile" and "feeble-minded person" were, likewise, listed as official categories in the 1913 Mental Deficiency Act. England has always lagged a bit behind in discarding outdated terms for the disadvantaged. When I was there in 1980, it was still possible to shop for used clothing at the local Spastic Shop. That is, compared to the United States, where it takes, oh, about twenty-five minutes for a diagnostic euphemism to become a conversational faux pas.

The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.

The Church in England is the Church of England.

I'm very happy to be back playing rugby for England again - there were times when I questioned if this would happen.

To the Calvinists, more than to any other class of men, the political liberties of Holland, England, and America are due.

I find respect for a mediocre British composer, as opposed to a really good American, ridiculous because they automatically respect a composer if he's from England.

And getting married this autumn was certainly an additional incentive to spend rather more time in England.

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

The only people who should play for England are English people.

Pffft, English. Who needs that? I'm never going to England.

What Americans call cross-ventilation, the English call draughts.