The English never draw a line without blurring it. Winston Churchill.
The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity. George Bernard Shaw
The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it. James Agate
The English are not happy unless they are miserable, the Irish are not at peace unless they are at war, and the Scots are not at home unless they are abroad. George Orwell
In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted. Dean Inge
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
One has often wondered whether upon the whole earth there is anything so unintelligent, so unapt to perceive how the world is really going, as an ordinary young Englishman of our upper class. Matthew Arnold
The English like eccentrics. They just don’t like them living next door. Julian Clary
The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes. Thomas Beecham
An Englishman is a man who lives on and island in the North Sea governed by Scotsmen. Philip Guedalla
An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion. George Chapman
But Lord! to see the absurd nature of Englishmen, that cannot forbear laughing and jeering at everything that looks strange. Samuel Pepys
Life isn’t all beer and skittles, but beer and skittles, or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman’s education. Thomas Hughes
The English people never expect any one to be original. Walter Bagehot