Englishman

Famous quotes containing the word englishman:

“It is not that the Englishman can’t feel—it is that he is afraid to feel. He has been taught at his public school that feeling is bad form. He must not express great joy or sorrow, or even open his mouth too wide when he talks—his pipe might fall out if he did.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)

“The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.”
—A.P. (Sir Alan Patrick)

“If an Englishman gets run down by a truck he apologizes to the truck.”
—Jackie Mason (b. 1931)