Violet: "I'm so looking forward to seeing your mother again. When I'm with her, I'm reminded of the virtues of the English."
Matthew: "But isn't she American?"
Violet: "Exactly."
A true Englishman doesn't joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager.
Jules Verne in Around the World in Eighty DaysFor an island our size we've got an incredible influence on the world.
Gareth Southgate, July 2021If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
William Somerset MaughamThe UK... the country that gave the world The Beatles and then punished it with Coldplay.
BeatlesJohn Oliver in Last Week TonightThe United Kingdom... America's "before" photo.
John Oliver in Last Week TonightThe United Kingdom... birthplace of The Beatles and yet very much, the world's Ringo.
John Oliver in Last Week TonightThe UK... earth's least magic kingdom.
John Oliver in Last Week TonightDemocracy and humanitarianism have always been trademarks of the British Army.
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life - Part III: Fighting Each OtherThe United Kingdom is at its best, when it's helping to lead a strong Europe.
BrexitBarack Obama, April 2016British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage.
FashionAlexander McQueenThe United Kingdom... a place whose very name after this week's events is beginning to sound a bit sarcastic.
BrexitJohn Oliver in Last Week TonightOf course Brexit means that something is wrong in Europe. But Brexit means also that something was wrong in Britain.
Europe, BrexitJean-Claude Juncker (as President of the European Commission)Threatening the British by saying there will be only salt and vinegar on the table, is like threatening the French by saying there will only be wine and baguettes, or threatening the Swiss by saying there'll only be chocolate and Nazi gold.
France, SwitzerlandJohn Oliver in Last Week Tonight, Brexit IIYou know what's remarkable? That England looks in no way like Southern California.
CaliforniaAustin Powers - The Spy Who Shagged Me, by Austin PowersIn England, footballers are respected more, the game is more noble, there's less cheating. Every Spaniard who goes loves it - and comes back a better player. If I had ever left, it would have been to England.
Football/Soccer, SpainXaviI'll never forget where I'm from, never forget my roots. It doesn't matter where I live. I'm English, simple as that.
David BeckhamPut an Englishman into the garden of Eden, and he would find fault with the whole blasted concern;
put a Yankee in, and he would see where he could alter it to advantage;
put an Irishman in, and he would want to boss the thing;
put a Dutchman in, and he would proceed to plant it.