No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British which amazes Americans who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute.

— Paul Gallico

England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

— George Bernard Shaw

London is a roost for every bird.

— Benjamin Disraeli

The most dangerous thing in the world is to make a friend of an Englishman because he'll come sleep in your closet rather than spend 10 shillings on a hotel.

— Truman Capote

The Englishman respects your opinions but he never thinks of your feelings.

— Wilfrid Laurier

Britain's best bulwarks are her wooden walls.

— T. Augustine Arne

That typically English characteristic for which there is no English name -esprit de corps.

— Frank Adcock

In England I would rather be a man a horse a dog or a woman in that order. In America I think the order would be reversed.

— Bruce Gould

I find the Englishman to be him of all men who stands firmest in his shoes.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Lord Chief Justice of England recently said that the greater part of his judicial time was spent investigating collisions between propelled vehicles each on its own side of the road each sounding its horn and each stationary.

— Philip Guedalla