“I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.”
Green Day
“An Englishman is a person who does things because they have been done before. An American is a person who does things because they haven't been done before.”
Mark Twain
“The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being, the American wants to be considered a good guy.”
Louis Kronenberger
“He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an American--a combination which caused sundry pairs of feminine eyes to look approvingly after him, and sundry dandies in black velvet suits, with rose-colored neckties, buff gloves, and orange flowers in their buttonholes, to shrug their shoulders, and then envy him his inches.”
Louisa May Alcott
“If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms -- never! never! never!”
William Pitt the elder
“Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life”
Cecil Rhodes
“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
