“Every American travelling in England gets his own individual sport out of the toy passenger and freight trains and the tiny locomotives, with their faint, indignant, tiny whistle. Especially in western England one wonders how the business of a nation can possibly be carried on by means so insufficient.” MeanIndividualNationsSportsWonderEnglandTrainWesternTinyToysPassengersInsufficientIndignantLocomotives Book:The World and the Parish: Willa Cather's Articles and Reviews, 1893-1902 Source: The World and the Parish: Willa Cather's Articles and Reviews, 1893-1902
“You know what I wonder about? This - the more details of Sven-Göran Eriksson's love life that appear in the press, the more contempt he attracts for his choice of substitutes in England games. Now, we haven't done the research, but my guess is that Sven's performances in the sack and that of his subs on the pitch are not correlated. So why do we link them?” KnowsDoneChoicesGamesWonderHavensFootballResearchPerformancesEnglandPressesDetailsManagersSoccerRanLove LifeSubstitutesLinksContemptChairman Author:Daniel Finkelstein
“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 thought that perhaps if the sky was truly free of clouds and any other distractions (birds, kites, skywriting), we could see if there was something else out there. I wasn't really raised in any religion (in England I attended an Anglican school and went to a Methodist church, but I left that all behind at the age of eight when we moved to the U.S.), but like most people, I sometimes wonder if there's anything or anyone out there.” PeopleIfsSometimesAgeSchoolLeftChurchBehindsWonderSkyBirdEnglandMovedRaisedCloudsEightDistractionKitesMethodists Author:Matthea Harvey