Quotes about English People

Goodbye Darcy, goodbye Jean, goodbye stone cottage, scratchy towels, fields of wildflowers; good bye gorgeous Peak District ... OK English People, for your own good, get off the roads, here we come! Votes: 3

Hocus was an old cunning attorney. The words of consecration, "Hoc est corpus," were travestied into a nickname for jugglery, as "Hocus-pocus." - John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People, 1874. see Charles Macklin. Votes: 3

English people have seen me get through scandals. Votes: 2

English people are so trapped in this class paradigm. Votes: 2

Lots of English people say exactly the opposite of what they mean. Votes: 2

I feel Scottish when with English people, and when I'm with Scottish people, I realise I'm English. Votes: 2

I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer. Votes: 2

Americans like to think 'Python' is how English people really are. There is an element of truth to that. Votes: 2

My fitness trainer's English, my physio's English, some of my friends are English. I don't have a problem with English people at all. Votes: 2

I can remember only a few of the strange and curious words now dead but living and spoken by the English people a thousand years ago. Votes: 2

English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an early age helped me enormously. Votes: 2

I get some heat for what English people call 'overproduction.' I don't think my older stuff was overproduced, but I do think that sound has dated. Votes: 2

Why on earth do we want closer connection with England? We have little in common with English people except our language. We are fast becoming an entirely different people. Votes: 2

Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. He's always been there. I can't remember starting school and not learning about him. Votes: 2

I can wear a baseball cap; I am entitled to wear a baseball cap. I am genetically pre-disposed to wear a baseball cap, whereas most English people look wrong in a baseball cap. Votes: 2

Before I joined the project most of the English people with whom I had made personal contacts were left wing and affected to some degree or other by the same kind of philosophy. Votes: 2

Since coming to Harwell I have met English people of all kinds, and I have come to see in many of them a deep rooted firmness which enables them to lead a decent way of life. Votes: 2

Sitting here now today, I can forgive a lot of the English people because it only takes a hand full of bad people to do something stupid like that and it can make the whole country look bad. Votes: 2

The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who do and I'm not denying they exist. But it's a far more philistine country than people think. Votes: 2

Even modern English people are imperious, superior, ridden by class. All of the hypocrisy and the difficulties that are endemic in being British also make it an incredibly fertile place culturally. A brilliant place to live. Sad but true. Votes: 2

English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness. Votes: 2

I've played a lot of very posh, sort of noble or aristocratic English people, which is nothing like what I am, so I feel that there is quite a lot distance there and have played a little bit far away from myself. Votes: 2

It's funny because if you ever ask anyone in England to try and do a Beatles accent, no one knows what they really sound like. If you ask anyone in America, they would try and give it a go. English people just know their songs. Votes: 2

The working class of England take their deracination completely for granted. Disenchantment is the happy code that informs every byway of the underclass: service jobs, celebrity dreams, Lotto wins, leisured poverty on pre-crunch credit cards, it's all there, part of the story of an English people whose grandparents never had it so good. Votes: 2

I'm reasonably easygoing. Messing up my lines or making a fool of myself is where you find my fears. Like a lot of English people, I'm prey to embarrassment - the dread that everyone's sort of sniggering at you, that you're going to look like an idiot. I think that sort of halts us all. Votes: 2

It would no doubt be very sentimental to argue - but I would argue it nevertheless - that the peculiar combination of joy and sadness in bell music - both of clock chimes, and of change-ringing - is very typical of England. It is of a piece with the irony in which English people habitually address one another. Votes: 2

Madrid is not as big as London, but it is true when you are coming from a big city like Madrid, nothing is going to surprise you, and I am very happy to move to a city like London. It is a big city, and you can do everything you want with the respect that the English people always have. Votes: 2

I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own. Votes: 2

Well-bred English people never have imagination ... Votes: 0

The English are the people of consummate cant. Votes: 0

English, our common language, binds our diverse people. Votes: 0

Sometimes people have a difficult time understanding my English. Votes: 0

American audiences are affected by what the English people think. Votes: 0

Continental people have a sex life; the English have hot-water bottles. Votes: 0

The only people who should play for England are English people Votes: 0

What I'm interested in is how people are reading and writing English. Votes: 0

The English are probably the most tolerant, least religious people on earth. Votes: 0

People like Shakira shouldnt have record contracts. She cant even speak English. Votes: 0

As long as our people quote English standards they dwarf their own proportions. Votes: 0

Our government should speak a common language with the American people - plain English. Votes: 0

No people in the world can make you feel so small as the English. Votes: 0

The English are, I think the most obtuse and barbarous people in the world Votes: 0

The English are a dumb people. They can do great acts, but not describe them. Votes: 0

English people ... never speak, excepting in cases of fire or murder, unless they are introduced. Votes: 0

People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different. Votes: 0

I think English people were a lot better at breakdancing than they were at making records. Votes: 0

I think English people were a lot better at breakdancing than they were at making records. Votes: 0

The people who go the craziest when they hear the name 'Hemingway' are my English teachers! Votes: 0

Croquet is tough. People play for months because the rules are so bizarre. Those crazy English. Votes: 0

England is a very popular foreign country to visit because the people there speak some English. Votes: 0

I chose English-speaking and English-thinking people to take decisions for Hindi programmes. It was a mistake. Votes: 0

You hear doom and gloom about the Internet ruining young people's command of English - that's nonsense. Votes: 0

Unless people can express themselves well in ordinary English, they don't know what they are talking about. Votes: 0

I admire people who dare to take the language, English, and understand it and understand the melody. Votes: 0

More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to. Votes: 0

I guess the most interesting thing that people think is I'm English [because of The Mighty Boosh]. Votes: 0

The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule the world! Votes: 0

I meet people overseas that know five languages - that the only language I'm comfortable in is English. Votes: 0

How I like the boldness of the English, how I like the people who say what they think! Votes: 0

Our English monarchs are so unimaginative,” said Eldric. "They execute people in such tediously conventional ways. Votes: 0

Sometimes I want to joke but my English isn't perfect. Sometimes people are wondering what I'm talking about. Votes: 0

Everybody knows that the dumbest people in any American university are in the education department, and English after that. Votes: 0

The principal industrial excellence of the English people lay in their capacity of present exertion for a distant object. Votes: 0

Middlemarch, the magnificent book which with all its imperfections is one of the few English novels for grown-up people. Votes: 0

Making English grammar conform to Latin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of football. Votes: 0

To this day, good English usually means the English wealthy and powerful people spoke a generation or two ago. Votes: 0

People sometimes have to correct my English. I knew I had a problem when Arnold Schwarzenegger started doing it. Votes: 0

The people don't take baths and they don't speak English. No golf courses, no room service. Who needs it? Votes: 0

The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity. Votes: 0

The whole strength of England lies in the fact that the enormous majority of the English people are snobs. Votes: 0

Ironically, for a few million people in the Far East, I did become an English teacher through my music. Votes: 0

When it is possible that people don't understand my English, I take my guitar and speak with my music! Votes: 0

Although it was very cold, he wore no coat. I think some English people think coats are for the weak. Votes: 0

The four most important words in the English language are, "What do you think?" Listen to your people and learn. Votes: 0

It's an important social duty to spread the word of English to people whose livelihoods depend on knowing the language. Votes: 0

The Welsh people have a talent for acting that one does not find in the English. The English lack heart. Votes: 0

I believed that English-speaking people had a divine mission to civilize the world by making it western, democratic and Christian. Votes: 0

Teaching English is an intrinsically radical act. Is it possible to teach English so that people stop killing each other? Votes: 0

I love the English people - if you don't want to speak, you don't speak. And I'm quite like that sometimes. Votes: 0

The Hobbits are just rustic English people, made small in size because it reflects the generally small reach of their imagination. Votes: 0

Sometimes when people can't speak English, they hum the melody instead of singing along. Having 20,000 people humming your song is incredible. Votes: 0

The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy. Votes: 0

Civilization is not an incurable disease, but it should never be forgotten that the English people are at present afflicted by it. Votes: 0

For the majority of English people there are only two religions, Roman Catholic, which is wrong, and the rest, which don't matter. Votes: 0

I used to think that my mother got into arguments with people because they didn't understand her English, because she was Chinese. Votes: 0

It's not that I don't understand it. But people think if you speak with an English accent it somehow makes you smarter. Votes: 0

People think of black English as ungrammatical, but it bears the same relationship to standard English as contemporary Hebrew does to ancient Hebrew. Votes: 0

She liked things that had been written by people who had lived short, ugly, and tragic lives. Or, who at least, were English. Votes: 0

People who could not even spell the word 'vote' or say it in English put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House, Votes: 0

People think of black English as ungrammatical, but it bears the same relationship to standard English as contemporary Hebrew does to ancient Hebrew. Votes: 0

Cricket - a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity. Votes: 0

'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another. Votes: 0

A lot of English traditional music is guesswork anyway, so it's very difficult for people to be vehemently opposed to experimenting with it. Votes: 0

I really believe amendment " to make English our common and unifying language" is racist. I think it's directed basically to people who speak Spanish. Votes: 0

I grew up listening to people speaking broken English. I probably picked that up. And I probably speak English almost as a second language. Votes: 0

A number of people still think of the United States as being overwhelmingly English, Protestant, and white. This erroneous idea influences their whole outlook. Votes: 0

When the American people get through with the English language, it will look as if it had been run over by a musical comedy. Votes: 0

... the English are very fond of being entertained, and ... they regard the French and the American people as destined by Heaven to amuse them. Votes: 0

Should, is the worst word in the English language. People always think things "should" be a certain way, and when they're not, they're disappointed. Votes: 0

And why do English people sound smarter than the rest of us? Like they should be awarded the Nobel Prize for a simple greeting? Votes: 0

Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English--but are great in remembering signs Votes: 0

After all, it is an ancient and valuable right of the English people to turn their nouns into verbs when they are so minded. Votes: 0

I always like a charity with people who don't speak English because I get them to do all kinds of things around my house. Votes: 0

Huge events like the Ukraine famine of 1933, involving the deaths of millions of people, have actually escaped the attention of the majority of English russophiles. Votes: 0

English history consists largely of royal people getting their heads chopped off...Needless to say, this brand of history was a hit with our son. Votes: 0

Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the English in general. Sheer boredom... Votes: 0

Nowadays people write English as if a rat were caught in the typewriter and they were trying to hit the keys which wouldn't disturb it. Votes: 0

I get a lot more abuse in England. That's just a general English attitude. I did the same thing to famous people. It's just your instinct. Votes: 0

No people in the world other than the English would have had the courage, in the midst of war, to tell the people such unvarnished truth. Votes: 0

Bernoulli's real contribution was to coin a word. The word has been translated into English as "utility". It describes this subjective value people place on money. Votes: 0

English people ... are very kind, very friendly, interested in a general way, and consider us a great, wonderful, unknown sort of Australia, and that is all. Votes: 0

I like English football, always have. It's just that people go on about the World Cup in 1986 and then I'm seen as the real bad boy. Votes: 0

I don't really think of most non-English as people, more or less indigenous squirrels that I fancy to kick around with my snakeskin French Persian Boots Votes: 0

People are disappointed when they hear my American accent because they regard 'The Police' as an English band but I've clung to my American-ness all the way. Votes: 0

I know all about you. You're the people waiting on the shoreline with the warm towels and the hot chocolate after the woman swims the English Channel. Votes: 0

Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries. Votes: 0

We have to be concerned about the gun killing that people who are Americans, who are Irish, and who are English, who are all around the country. Votes: 0

Let the teachers teach English and I will teach baseball. There is a lot of people in the United States who say isn't, and they ain't eating. Votes: 0

The story of English spelling is the story of thousands of people - some well-known, most totally unknown - who left a permanent linguistic fingerprint on our orthography." Votes: 0

Freedom is for the educated people who fought for it. We were slaves of the English, now we will be slaves of the educated Indians—or the Pakistanis. Votes: 0

President Bush gave his first-ever presidential radio address in both English and Spanish. Reaction was mixed, however, as people were trying to figure out which one was which. Votes: 0

The city and province were given up to anarchy; the coloured people, elated with victory, proclaimed the slaughter of all whites, except the English, French, and American residents. Votes: 0

People say my music is English. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's not me writing English music, but that English music is becoming more like me. Votes: 0

I grew up watching foreign programs - American, English, Mexican, and very little Kenyan. 'The Color Purple' was the first time I saw people who looked like me. Votes: 0

The story of English spelling is the story of thousands of people - some well-known, most totally unknown - who left a permanent linguistic fingerprint on our orthography. Votes: 0

I got a bit obsessed with the whole English language and was writing journals and poetry. I've always been intrigued about psychology and philosophy and how people's minds work. Votes: 0

The English reputation for humour is a way by which people avoid revealing themselves and have superficial relationships, so that you can engage in banter without making yourself vulnerable. Votes: 0

It is not envy or malice, as so many people think, but utter despair that has persuaded many educational reformers to recommend the abolition of the English public schools. Votes: 0

People in Italy seem to be very capable of singing along with 'Wish You Were Here' perfectly, yet it's hard to get someone in the street who speaks english. Votes: 0

When you sing in English and Spanish, it's two completely different forms of expression and . . . even the people who don't speak Spanish love to hear me sing in Spanish. Votes: 0

In the past when I was in Hollywood, I was like a dog. I felt humiliated. My English was not good. People would even ask me 'Jackie Who?'. Votes: 0

I listen a lot to how people speak. I've read a great many good books in my life. I had some excellent English teachers. Surely, those things were helpful. Votes: 0

A lot of people don't know enough about me. When I meet people who freak out about Game of Thrones, they don't even know that I can speak English. Votes: 0

I enjoy the reaction I get in the U.S.A. when people discover I have an English accent. They don't expect that, and it's kind of a kick. Votes: 0

Go anywhere in England where there are natural wholesome, contented and really nice English people; and what do you find? That the stables are the real centre of the household. Votes: 0

I've always had self-belief, though my sensitive side has never been fully appreciated. For every 'Down in the Tube Station at Midnight,' I've written an 'English Rose.' People forget. Votes: 0

The English people on the whole are surely the nicest people in the world, and everybody makes everything so easy for everyone else, that there is almost nothing to resist at all. Votes: 0

If I wrote a book about England I should call it What About Wednesday Week? which is what English people say when they are making what they believe to be an urgent appointment. Votes: 0

I think as English people, we don't want to be reminded that at one point we ruled three-quarters of the globe, and now we're a very small country that doesn't own three-quarters of the globe. Votes: 0