“I remember when the Titanic sank in 1912, it was the ship that was supposed to be unsinkable. The only thing it ever did was sink. When it took off from England, all kinds of passengers were aboard - millionaires, celebrities, people of moderate means, and poor folks down in the steerage. But a few hours later when they put the list in the Cunard office in New York, it carried only two categories - lost and saved. Grim tragedy had leveled all distinctions.” PeopleKindMeanTwoChristianRememberLostHoursPoorNew YorkOfficeTragedyEnglandFolksListsChristian InspirationalSavedShipsAll KindsSupposed To BeDistinctionCategoriesRemember WhenModeratesMillionaireGrimPassengers Author:Vance Havner
“Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters.” NeedsShouldWaterHoursEnglandTheeStagnantMiltonStagnant Water Author:William Wordsworth
“I desire not to keep my place in this government an hour longer than I may preserve England in its just rights, and may protect the people of God in such a just liberty of their consciences.” PeopleMayGovernmentDesireHoursLibertyRightsProtectConscienceEnglandPreserves Book:Letters and Speeches Source: Letters and Speeches
“On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they [the Colonies] raised their flag against a power to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome in the height of her glory is not to be compared,-a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.” WholeEarthPurposeSufferingHoursCompanyPrinciplesMorningPowerSunAirMilitaryBeatsGloryEnglandRaisedFollowingPossessionSurfaceCirclesPostsHeightRomeFlagsGlobesStrainConquestColonyUnbrokenAfarSubjugationDrum Beats Author:Daniel Webster
“There is a sumptuous variety about the New England weather... In the spring I have counted one hundred and twenty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours.” KindDifferentHoursFourSixSpringHundredEnglandTwentiesWeatherVarietyDifferent KindsNew EnglandSumptuous Author:Mark Twain
“BBC had tried to develop the book, set in England, as a two-hour movie. I went to a meeting and they said, "Look at this," and I thought the book was outstanding. I was like, "Can I do this?"” LooksSaidTwoBookHoursEnglandMeetingsThey SaidOutstanding Author:Glen Morgan
“I worked with an amazing dialect coach named Jill McCullough. We did Skype sessions while I was shooting "No Escape" in Thailand, actually. So three times a week I would have long, two-hour sessions with her just working on the nuance of the accent, which I had had a huge background in because I went to drama school in England for four years.” YearsLongTwoSchoolThreeHoursFourWeekHugeDramaEnglandCoachesBackgroundsShootingFour YearsAccentsThree TimesSessionNuanceDialectThailandSkypeDialect Coach Author:Lake Bell
“The day I'm in England performing, English security let a man in a Batman suit climb Buckingham Palace. I felt so much safer... Batman was on the wall of Buckingham Palace for five hours. Wouldn't happen in America - three minutes: dead Batman.” MenHappensAmericaThreeFeltHoursFiveMinutesSecurityWallEnglandSuitsPerformingClimbsPalacesBuckingham Palace Author:Christopher Titus
“I don't get a lot of enjoyment out of sitting there for an hour and a half watching a game like we saw between Ireland and England last Sunday.” LastsGamesHoursHalfSawsSittingEnglandEnjoymentSundayIreland Author:Michael Owen
“I studied Italian five hours a day for many months to ensure I could communicate with the players, media and fans. [Claudio] Ranieri had been in England for five years and still struggled to say 'good morning' and 'good afternoon.'” YearsStillsHoursMorningFivePlayerFansMediaMonthsEnglandCommunicateFive YearsItalianAfternoonGood Afternoon Author:Jose Mourinho
“Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee! . . . . . . Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: So didst thou travel on life's common way In cheerful godliness.” WayLifeNeedsShouldSoulStarsHoursCommonEnglandTheeCheerfulGodlinessMilton Author:William Wordsworth