“When my father arrived in Kenya, he had found the Kikuyu way of life similar to that of the British at the time the Romans invaded England 2,000 years ago.” WayYearsFoundFatherYears AgoEnglandBritishKenya Author:Louis Leakey
“I believe there is no liturgy in the world, either in ancient or modern language, which breathes more of a solid, scriptural, rational piety, than the Common Prayer of the Church of England. And though the main of it was compiled considerably more than two hundred years ago, yet is the language of it, not only pure, but strong and elegant in the highest degree.” WorldYearsBelieveTwoLanguageStrongI BelieveChurchPrayerCommonModernPureDegreesHighestHundredYears AgoEnglandAncientBreatheRationalElegantPietyLiturgyChurch Of EnglandModern Languages Book:John Wesley's The Book of Common Prayer Source: John Wesley's The Book of Common Prayer
“Many years ago, when I was once saying sadly to Max it was a pity I couldn't have taken up archaeology when I was a girl, so as to be more knowledgeable on the subject, he said, 'Don't you realize that at this moment you know more about prehistoric pottery than any woman in England?'” KnowsYearsSaidMomentsGirlRealizingTakenSubjectsYears AgoEnglandPityMaxKnowledgeableArchaeologyPotteryPrehistoric Book:Agatha Christie: An Autobiography Source: Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
“Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties.” YearsAmericaThreeReligiousHundredYears AgoEnglandFortyAncestorEighteenNew EnglandAbolitionist Author:Pete Seeger
“In America, fundamentalist Christians believe the world was created 6,000 years ago - in England people drink in bars that are older than that.” PeopleWorldYearsBelieveChristianAmericaDrinkYears AgoEnglandBarsFundamentalist Author:Steve Aylett