A. J. Liebling
A. J. Liebling

An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed.

A. P. Herbert
A. P. Herbert

The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.

A. P. Herbert
A. P. Herbert

An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I remember when I first came to America, nobody had a clue what a black Englishman was. I was either South African or Australian to them.

Alan Jay Lerner
Alan Jay Lerner

An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him.

Alastair Cook
Alastair Cook

It's very hard to reflect properly when you're still playing but the hundreds one - when I got my 23rd in Kolkata - felt the most special because it broke a benchmark that had stood for a very long time. It felt good to do something no Englishman has done before.

Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis de Tocqueville

The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction.

Anne Stevenson
Anne Stevenson

I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every since.

Charles Shaughnessy
Charles Shaughnessy

Who is my biggest inspiration? Wow... I really, without wanting to sound 'aw gee shucks,' I'd have to say my wife who taught a rather uptight Englishman what there is to be got out of life. Susan is my greatest inspiration. She has more integrity than anyone I know, and integrity is more important than anything for a happy and successful life.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

It is an Englishman who turns out to be the real villain of 'The Moonstone.' By contrast, the three Indian priests who dedicate their lives to returning the jewel to its proper home in the temple, though they have nothing personal to gain by doing so, are positively heroic.