“Everything is 'colossalized' - events, fortunes, accidents, climate, conversation, ambitions - everything is in the extreme ... They can't even have a tram run off a line, which in England or France might kill one or two people, without its making a holocaust of half a street full. ... The thing which surprises me is they should still employ animals of normal size; one would expect to see elephants and mammoths drawing the hansoms and carts!” PeopleShouldStillsTwoMightRunningLinesAnimalHalfUnited StatesStreetsEventsConversationNormalAmbitionEnglandFortuneSurpriseClimateSizeExtremesAccidentsDrawingFranceHolocaustElephantsExaggerationCartsSurprise MeTrams Author:Elinor Glyn
“After my return to England it appeared to me that by following the example of Lyell in Geology, and by collecting all facts which bore in any way on the variation of animals and plants under domestication and nature, some light might perhaps be thrown on the whole subject.” WayWholeFactsLightMightAnimalSubjectsExampleReturnEnglandPlantFollowingThrownBoresVariationCollectingGeology Book:Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: the Evolution Source: Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: the Evolution
“British ferries have stopped transporting live animals to the Continent. This has made it very difficult for England fans to get to Away matches.” MadeDifficultAnimalFansEnglandBritishMade ItContinentsFerry Author:Jo Brand
“Guns aren't toys! They're for family protection, hunting dangerous or delicious animals, and keeping the King of England out of your face!” FacesAnimalDangerousKingsGunEnglandProtectionYour FaceHuntingToysDelicious Author:Homer
“The depressing thing about an Englishman's traditional love of animals is the dishonesty thereof ... Get a barbed hook into the upper lip of a salmon, drag him endlessly around the water until he loses his strength, pull him to the bank, hit him on the head with a stone, and you may well become fisherman of the year. Shoot.the salmon and you'll never be asked again.” YearsWellsMayWaterLosesAnimalStonesEnglandLipsTraditionalDragDepressingHookDishonestyEnglishmenInsultingFishermanSalmon Author:Clement Freud