Top 25 Englishmen Quotes of 38

Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.

Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life.

Firsts, Remember, Englishmen

In Peter Ustinov 'Dear Me' (1977) ch. 4

I am not an Englishman, I was never an Englishman, and I don't ever want to be one. I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one.

Sean Connery

Want, Scotsmen, Englishmen

An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.

George Mikes

Form, Queues, Englishmen

'How to be an Alien' (1946) p. 44

I am the last Englishman to rule in India.

Jawaharlal Nehru

India, Lasts, Englishmen

Quoted in John Kenneth Galbraith, A Life in Our Times (1981)

To Englishmen, life is a topic, not an activity.

William Henry Harrison

Topics, Life Is, Englishmen

Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.

Novalis

Islands, England, Englishmen

"Fragments". Book by Novalis, 1799.

In the heart of any pious Jew, God is a Jew. Is your God an Englishman or an American?

Maurice Samuel

Heart, Jew, Englishmen

I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.

Billie Joe Armstrong

Sound, Englishmen

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.

Austin O'Malley

Thinking, Pacing, Englishmen

An Englishman fears contempt more than death.

Oliver Goldsmith

Contempt, Englishmen

Oliver Goldsmith, Henry George Bohn (1848). “Works: With a Life and Notes”, p.13

In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.

William Ralph Inge

Logical, Adopted, Englishmen

The Englishman is too apt to neglect the present good in preparing against the possible evil.

Washington Irving

Evil, Neglect, Englishmen

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, John Holmes Agnew, Kinahan Cornwallis, Washington Irving (1840). “The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine”, p.520

Englishmen have always loved Moliere.

Lytton Strachey

Englishmen

Lytton Strachey (1965). “Spectatorial Essays”

An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.

George Chapman

Lambs, Lions, Englishmen

'Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany' (1654) act 1

I've written so many songs about Englishmen, I have to go elsewhere.

Ray Davies

Song, Elsewhere, Englishmen

Every Englishman is convinced of one thing, viz.: That to be an Englishman is to belong to the most exclusive club there is.

Ogden Nash

Clubs, Englishmen, Exclusive

"England Expects" l. 3 (1938)

I love the sad songs with their maudlin, self-deprecating, almost funny lyrics. As an Englishman, they make a lot of sense.

Teddy Thompson

Song, Self, Englishmen

An Englishman is content to say nothing when he has nothing to say.

Samuel Johnson

Language, English Language, Englishmen

In James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 4, p. 15 (1780) Sir, your wife, under pretence of keeping a bawdy-house, is a receiver of stolen goods. During an exchange of coarse raillery customary among people travelling upon the Thames, in James Boswell 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' (1791) vol. 4, p. 26 (1780)

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

Sex, Long, 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

Principles, Doe, Englishmen

The Man of Destiny (1898)

German and Spanish are accessible to foreigners: English is not accessible even to Englishmen.

George Bernard Shaw

Foreigners, Englishmen

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “Pygmalion (Illustrated Edition): A Satirical Take on English Language and Englishmen From the Author of Renowned Plays like Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Arms and The Man, Caesar And Cleopatra, Man and Superman”, p.116, e-artnow