“When I was at Stratford, the very first thing that I was commissioned to work on was trying to make a musical out of the documentary material about the General Strike, which was the next big historical event in England, after the First World War.” WorldTryingFirstsWarBigsNextEventsMaterialsEnglandHistoricalMusicalStrikesWar Of The WorldsDocumentariesFirst World WarHistorical Events Author:Trevor Nunn
“Whichever country you are, if you lose games you are criticised. It's only when it's England it's like a new world war.” IfsWorldWarCountryGamesLosesFootballEnglandManagersSoccerWar Of The WorldsNew WorldChairman Author:Sven-Goran Eriksson
“I don't know what the country's coming to. Everyone trying to be better than their betters--mink coats and no manners. No wonder Germany's arming.” KnowsWorldTryingWarCountryWonderClassEnglandMannersWar Of The WorldsGermanyWorld War IiWorld War ICoatsMinkMink Coats Author:Arthur Wimperis
“I did not know that the planning for biological and chemical warfare was so widespread in England, and even in France before France fell. It was news to me that there had been talk, even in the First World War, of dropping Colorado beetles on German potato crops and that kind of thing.” KnowsWorldFirstsKindWarNewsEnglandPlanningFranceWar Of The WorldsChemicalsWarfarePotatoesDroppingCropsColoradoFirst World WarBeetlesChemical Warfare Author:Nicholson Baker
“England Their England by AG Macdonell which was written in the thirties and is about a young Scotsman who's got shell shocked during the First World War I love it.” WorldFirstsWarYoungWrittenEnglandWar Of The WorldsWorld War IShellsShockedFirst World WarScotsmen Author:Ian Hislop
“The American Revolution was a small part of a major world war going on between France and England, so the French intervened and that was a big factor, but the domestic contribution was basically guerrilla warfare.” WorldWarBigsRevolutionMajorsEnglandFactorsFranceWar Of The WorldsContributionWarfareAmerican RevolutionSmall PartsGuerrillasGuerrilla WarfareFrance And England Author:Noam Chomsky
“To go back to a moment of Western civilization remote enough in time so that we should be able to look at it dispassionately, ask what happened during World War I. What was the typical behavior of respected intellectuals in Germany, England, the United States? What happened to those who publicly questioned the nobility of the war effort, on both sides? I do not think the answers are untypical.” ThinkingWorldShouldLooksWarStatesEnoughMomentsAbleAsksSidesAnswersUnitedEffortUnited StatesHappenedCivilizationBehaviorEnglandWesternWar Of The WorldsGermanyWorld War ITypicalBoth SidesNobilityWestern Civilization Author:Noam Chomsky
“Before World War II in Canada, you were nobody until you went to England. Then, after that it was you're nobody until you went to the States.” WorldWarStatesEnglandWar Of The WorldsCanadaWorld War IiWorld War I Author:Jay Baruchel
“...what happened in New York and Washington is the same thing that England and America did to Berlin every day for three years during World War II -- and Germany did the same thing to England.” WorldYearsWarAmericaThreeHappenedNew YorkEnglandWar Of The WorldsGermanyThree YearsWorld War IiBerlinEngland And America Book:White Line Fever: Lemmy: The Autobiography Source: White Line Fever: Lemmy: The Autobiography
“England, unlike in 1914, will not allow herself to blunder into a war lasting for years.... Such is the fate of rich countries.. .Not even England has the money nowadays to fight a world war. What should England fight for? You don't get yourself killed over an ally.” WorldShouldYearsWarCountryFightingRichFateMilitaryEnglandWar Of The WorldsLastingAlliesDictatorBlundersRich Countries Author:Adolf Hitler
“In The Care and Management of Lies the wonderfully talented Winspear writes irresistibly about the First World War, both in the trenches of France and the fields of England. Her richly complex characters walk right off the page and into our imaginations, as we fight with them, farm with them, cook with them. I devoured this dazzling novel.” WorldWritingFirstsWarCharacterCareLyingFightingImaginationWalksNovelFieldsPagesEnglandManagementComplexesFranceCooksWar Of The WorldsFarmsDazzlingTrenchesFirst World WarComplex Characters Author:Margot Livesey
“The word crap is actually another word that's very, very old. It was taken over from 17th century England by the pilgrim fathers and Americans were talking about things being crap in the 17th and 18th centuries. What Sir Thomas Crapper – complete coincidence – does is not invent the flushing toilet, as many, many people believe, but was a great promoter for it. He ran a business marketing other people's products and that's why his name was on them. When the American soldiers came over in the First World War, they all thought it was hilarious that it said 'crapper' on them.” PeopleWorldFirstsBelieveDoeSaidWarFatherNamesTalkingTakenCenturyProductsEnglandMarketingSoldierRanWar Of The WorldsCrapCoincidenceToiletsPilgrim18th CenturyPromotersFirst World WarAmerican Soldier17th CenturyBusiness MarketingFlushing Author:Lucy Worsley
“Watching the Dallas Cowboys perform, it is not difficult to believe that coach Tom Landry flew fourengines bombers during World War II. He was in B17 Flying Fortresses out of England, they say. His cautious, conservative approach to every situation and the complexity of the plays he sends in do seem to reflect the philosophy of a pilot trained to doggedly press on according to plans laid down before takeoff. I sometimes wonder how the Cowboys would have fared all this years had Tom flown fighters in combat situations which dictated continuously changing tactics.” WorldYearsBelieveWarSometimesPhilosophyPlaySeemsDifficultSituationWonderPlansApproachEnglandPressesConservativeCoachesFlyingFighterWar Of The WorldsComplexityCombatWorld War IiPilotsWorld War ITomsCowboyTacticsCautiousFlewDallasFortressesBombersTakeoffAccording To PlanDallas Cowboy Author:Len Morgan
“Let me tell you the following words as if I were showing you the rungs of a ladder leading upward and upward: Herzl; the Zionist Congress; the English Uganda proposition; the future world war; the peace conference where with the help of England a free and Jewish Palestine will be created.” IfsWorldWarHelpingLet MeEnglandCongressFollowingWar Of The WorldsPropositionsPalestineConferencesLaddersZionistZionismUgandaFuture World Author:Max Nordau
“The fact is that Britain is the most warlike nation on earth. In the history of armed combat, we are the only democracy to have declared war on another democracy - England versus Finland in the second world war, in case you're interested - and we're always at the front of the queue when Johnny Foreigner gets a bit uppity. Who stood up to the Kaiser? Who stood up to Adolf? And let's not forget the Argies. What other country would have sent its fleet halfway round the world and lost 250 men to protect a flock of sheep and some oil that might or might not be there? We're still at it.” MenWorldStillsWarCountryFactsMightEarthAmericaLostNationsBitsForgetCasesDemocracyModernFrontsProtectEnglandRoundsOilWar Of The WorldsBritainCombatSheepWorld War IOther CountriesVersusModern WorldHalfwayForeignersFlocksSecond World WarStood UpQueuesFinland Author:Jeremy Clarkson