“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
“We have the heaviest concentration of lawyers on Earth -- one for every five-hundred Americans; three times as many as are in England, four times as many as are in West Germany, twenty-one times as many as there are in Japan. We have more litigation, but I am not sure that we have more justice. No resources of talent and training in our own society, even including the medical care, is more wastefully or unfairly distributed than legal skills. Ninety percent of our lawyers serve 10 percent of our people. We are over-lawyered and under-represented.” PeopleCareEarthThreeJusticeFiveFourTalentSkillsTrainingPercentHundredResourcesEnglandTwentiesWestIncludingLawyerMedicalNot SureGermanyJapanConcentrationOne TimeThree TimesNinetyTwenty OneMedical CareWest Germany Author:Jimmy Carter
“Remember I've seen a video tape of a Scotland-England match and I've seen him miss a chance from five yards. It was against England and he couldn't score. So what does that say?” DoeRememberChanceFiveMissingFootballEnglandVideoManagersSoccerScoreTapeYardsScotlandChairman Author:Berti Vogts
“The 2011 riots in England, which left five dead and caused more than $300 million in property damage, were fueled by a generation of young Brits who grew up without ever hearing the word No.” YoungLeftMillionsFiveGenerationsGrewGrew UpEnglandPropertyHearingDamageRiotBrits Author:Bob Barr
“The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings left--the King of England, the King of Spades, The King of Clubs, the King of Hearts, and the King of Diamonds.” WorldHeartWholeLeftFiveKingsEnglandClubsWhole WorldDiamondRevoltSpades Author:Farouk of Egypt
“And our experience in England was that. It was a delight. I had never even been to England and I got to spend five months there in a beautiful estate and just party with these gorgeous men and women and poke fun at their beloved genre, which they all loved. We teased it, but it's so gentle, that you're still swept away the whole time.” MenStillsWholeBeautifulFunPartyFiveMonthsMen And WomenEnglandDelightGenreGentleBelovedEstatesGorgeousPokeSwept Away Author:Jerusha Hess
“What's difficult for American audiences is that they're used to a system here where you can get an actor for five years or even seven, and that is signed for at the audition. Whereas in England, no agent will give you an actor for more than three years.” GivingYearsUsedThreeActorsDifficultAudienceFiveEnglandSevenAgentsFive YearsThree YearsAuditions Author:Julian Fellowes
“The terms "idiot" and "lunatic" were acceptable diagnostic terms in England up until 1959. "Imbecile" and "feeble-minded person" were, likewise, listed as official categories in the 1913 Mental Deficiency Act. England has always lagged a bit behind in discarding outdated terms for the disadvantaged. When I was there in 1980, it was still possible to shop for used clothing at the local Spastic Shop. That is, compared to the United States, where it takes, oh, about twenty-five minutes for a diagnostic euphemism to become a conversational faux pas.” PersonsStillsStatesUsedBitsTermUnitedBehindsUnited StatesFiveMinutesEnglandTwentiesLocalsIdiotOfficialsShopsCategoriesClothingsAcceptableFive MinutesLunaticTwenty FiveDeficiencyOutdatedImbecilesEuphemismDisadvantagedFauxFaux Pas Book:Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife Source: Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife
“There's a little triangle - five left-footed players.” LittlesLeftFivePlayerEnglandTriangles Author:Ron Atkinson
“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