“Equally, though, there are guys who play England Under 19 who don't even play First Class cricket. It is a watershed in the careers in many ways.” WayFirstsPlayGuyClassCareersEnglandCricketFirst ClassWatersheds Author:Andy Pick
“I came to think that nobody from England could draw American comic books, because they were clearly all done by this sort of Mafia, all these guys with Italian and Irish names who had the whole thing sewn up. It was actually seeing a comic book drawn by Barry Smith, who was about my age, and English.” ThinkingBookDoneWholeAgeGuyNamesSeeingDrawsEnglandComicItalianComic BookMafiaRussian Mafia Author:Dave Gibbons
“The terrible thing in England is if you interview a thousand people, five hundred of them will talk like they're going into a Guy Ritchie movie and the other five hundred will be Mr. Darcy. So we had to find cool, working class kids with no profile who could be John Travolta and James Dean and people like that.” PeopleIfsKidsGuyClassFiveTerribleThousandHundredEnglandInterviewsWorking ClassTerrible ThingsProfileDeanDarcy Author:Ricky Gervais
“Forbes magazine has named Mel Gibson this year's most powerful celebrity. ... Forbes' least powerful celebrity? [Miller displayed the widely circulated image from the Lynndie England photographs of a hooded Iraqi prisoner with wires attached to his outstretched arms] You're looking at him. Screw this guy. ... [He's a] bad guy.” YearsGuyPowerfulArmsEnglandPhotographMagazinesMost PowerfulPrisonerScrewsThis GuyBad GuysWireForbes Author:Dennis Miller
“The argument that the countries use for the sheer increase in Muslim doctors is the sheer increase in the Muslim population. In for example Birmingham, England where a lot of these guys came from, where one of these plots was hatched, it's up to 30% of the population. Maybe that's the problem?” CountryUseProblemGuyExampleArgumentDoctorsIncreaseEnglandPopulationPlotSheerBirmingham Author:Neil Cavuto
“New England has two factors to get them ready to play. They've consistently been, if not the best, the second best team all year and they're playing confidently. And a lot of those guys were on field when they lost to LA. They'll take motivation in that.” IfsYearsTwoPlayMotivationGuyLostTeamFieldsReadyEnglandFactorsConsistentlyNew EnglandBest TeamSecond Best Author:Landon Donovan
“Boys, as far as England was concerned, were always the hard core. And you just know the guys like it. They want to be you. Some might be attracted to you without knowing it.” KnowsWantHardMightGuyBoysKnowingConcernedEnglandCoreBe YouHard Core Author:Mick Jagger
“England has the most sordid literary scene I've ever seen. They all meet in the same pub. This guy's writing a foreword for this person. They all have to give radio programs, they have to do all this just in order to scrape by. They're all scratching each other's backs.” GivingWritingPersonsGuyOrderSceneProgramEnglandRadioThis GuyPubs Author:William S. Burroughs
“Slade was the coolest band in England. They were the kind of guys that would push your car out of a ditch.” KindGuyCarBandEngland Author:Alice Cooper
“Today the sort of thing for a guy in England growing up is that you have to suppress all your emotions. It's almost like you have to sit back and be cool.” TodayGuyEmotionGrowing UpGrowingLike YouEnglandBeing Cool Author:Freddie Highmore
“I've never felt more American than I did when I moved to England. It becomes a real kind of part of your identity: "Oh, Ben. He's the American guy." I think when you say you're from New York you get a different reception then if you just say, "I'm American." So I'd always kind of make sure I was a New Yorker first.” IfsThinkingFirstsKindDifferentRealGuyFeltNew YorkIdentityEnglandMovedNew YorkersReceptionAmerican Guys Author:Ben Schnetzer
“I didn't want to fight a guy from England. What if I lose? Not that English guys aren't strong, but who wants to get beat up by a guy with that voice? That's not the most masculine voice to take a beating to.” IfsWantGuyFightingStrongVoiceLosesBeatsEnglandWhat IfMasculine Author:Jay Mohr
“But I did mine through a production company. All the music I did, I gave to the production company. Then the production company would give the record company the album. I used to do all my albums like that. It was fantastic. But now, understand, I have never planned to do anything with these other tapes. The one that are released, like the Virgin Ubiquity you have there, I wasn't going to do anything with that music. One day, I was talking to this guy that owns BBE over in England, and I said I've got some tapes and stuff that you might be interested in, and he went berserk.” GivingSaidMightUsedGuyStuffCompanyTalkingRecordsMinesOne DayEnglandAlbumsProductionsFantasticTapeVirginsThis GuyRecord CompaniesBerserkUbiquity Author:Roy Ayers
“But still it's like I said, when you hop in a cab in Italy and the guy doesn't speak English, uhh, you know, you have to start pointin' at things. You learn how to deal with it. What I'm tryin' to say is that it's not as convenient as touring in the states or say somewhere like Australia or even England where they speak the same language fluently.” KnowsSaidStillsStatesGuySpeakLanguageDealsEnglandHopsAustraliaTouringConvenientCabSpeak English Author:Vinnie Paul
“Beginning in the sixties, but getting strong during the seventies and eighties, everybody was sort of Miles Davis and Chick Corea and the jazz guys on the west coast and east coast in America, and then in Switzerland and lots of groups in England and elsewhere, like here in Brazil. We were all under a heavy influence of technological gadgets and changes that we used as elements to produce and create music.” AmericaUsedGuyStrongGroupsInfluenceProduceElementsEnglandJazzWestHeavyEastMilesElsewhereSixtyTechnologicalCoastSeventiesEightyChicksBrazilGadgetsSwitzerlandWest CoastEast Coast Author:Gilberto Gil
“I don't know how many more times I'll be in New England again. But I leave coach Belichick and those guys with a salute: 'I love you guys. I miss you. I'm out.'” KnowsGuyKnow HowLove YouMissingEnglandCoachesMore TimeI Love YouNew EnglandSalute Author:Randy Moss
“Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't.” ThinkingBigsUsedGuyAudienceNiceFansMinesSmartEnglandRottenJerkNice GuyJohnny Rotten Author:Don Van Vliet
“Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot... But what of the man? I know his name was Guy Fawkes and I know, in 1605, he attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament.” KnowsShouldReasonRememberGuyThreeDarkBoysKingsProveEnglandBlowRingsBurningReason WhyScorePlotNo ReasonBellsProvidenceFifthNovemberTreasonBarrelsPowderLanternsGunpowderFawkesOld England Author:Alan Moore
“The American cinema in general always made stories about working-class people; the British rarely did. Any person with my working-class background would be a villain or a comic cipher, usually badly played, and with a rotten accent. There weren't a lot of guys in England for me to look up to.” PeopleLooksPersonsMadeStoriesWould BeGuyClassEnglandBritishBackgroundsComicCinemaLook UpVillainAccentsWorking ClassRottenCiphers Author:Michael Caine