#gland

Few can contemplate without a sense of exhilaration the splendid achievements of practical energy and technical skill, which, from the latter part of the seventeenth century, were transforming the face of material civilization, and of which England was the daring, if not too scrupulous, pioneer. ↗

— E. F. Schumacher

#century #civilization #contemplate #daring #energy

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. ↗

— Pete Seeger

#ago #america #ancestors #came #dissenters

My affiliation with England is borne out by the fact that I do come back for periodic visits. ↗

— George Shearing

#back #borne #come #england #fact

I got a divorce eleven years later on the grounds of cruelty, which is still not easy in England. ↗

— Dinah Sheridan

#divorce #easy #eleven #england #got

England is a profoundly bizarre place that has produced thousands of bands the world has worshipped. ↗

— Gene Simmons

#bizarre #england #place #produced #profoundly

Farming implements are as cheap in Sydney as in England. ↗

— Charles Sturt

#england #farming #implements #sydney

The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it. ↗

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

#doing #england #enjoying #just #keep

Horses pretty much broke as a record in England. ↗

— Patti Smith

#england #horses #much #pretty #record

I think when I was a kid, and I was in England and it was all about The Stones, The Who, The Kinks and The Beatles and that's what my dad was into. ↗

— Slash

#beatles #dad #england #i #i think

The natural barriers between England and Scotland were not sufficient to prevent the extension of the Saxon settlements and kingdoms across the border. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

#barriers #between #border #england #extension