The American idiom has much to offer us that the English language has never heard of — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
To get rid of the infatuation for English is one of the essentials of Swaraj. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The English language is more complex than calculus because numbers don't have nuances. — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
“Us. We. Two of the most beautiful words in the English language. . .” — Marianne Evans Copy Share Image
An Englishman is content to say nothing when he has nothing to say. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Learning preserves the errors of the past, as well as its wisdom. For this reason, dictionaries are public dangers, although they are… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who lose a child.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
"Equestrian", by the by, is the gayest word in the English language. In fact, I thought Brokeback Mountain should have been called… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
What senseless violence does is to prolong the lease of life of the British or foreign rule. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Don’t try to defile the English language. I can think of a few other things I’d rather dirty up. ” — S.L. Jennings Copy Share Image
“If only. -- You got to admit, standing alone those words are pretty awful, but married together like that, they must be… — Lesley Kagen Copy Share Image
“tests are constructed and normed on native English speakers and may not provide valid inferences about the achievement of English Language Learners.… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“Cited by the author of 'Lucky Jim' as one of the most dismal depressing questions in the English language: "Shall we go… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
I love the English language, but I'm crap at it, so I might as well do what I'm good at. The same… — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
With the requests of some he complied, and has published a discourse, delivered before the Society for recovering drowned persons, which may… — John Strachan Copy Share Image
“There were no words in the English language to describe how much life it sucked out of a person—how it still hurt,… — Rachel Van Dyken Copy Share Image
“Baseball. If there's a more beautiful word in the English language. I have yet to hear it…baseball has served as such a… — Tim Russert Copy Share Image
The English language started out as a distortion in my life, but nothing remains the same, and so the distortion is now… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
In October 1920 I went to Leeds as Reader in English Language, with a free commission to develop the linguistic side of… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Artists are perennially implored to consider 'the limitations of the medium.' Whoever invented this expression exaggerated the limitations of the English language.… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
The other day, I was taking part in an audience Q&A when I was roundly scolded by a woman for 'allowing the… — Sandi Toksvig Copy Share Image
I don't think it is always necessary to take up the anti-colonial -- or is it post-colonial? -- cudgels against English. What… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“I give my vote for Mr. Johnson to fill that great and arduous post. And I hereby declare that I make a… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“How are you going do your writings? How can the others understand you through words describing places, sensations, thoughts, feelings, hope, love,… — Frederick Vanderbuilt Copy Share Image
“Are there any two words in all of the English language more closely twinned than courage and cowardice? I do not think… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
What's great is we actually have friends who belong or have previously belonged to the Amish community, so we got first hand… — Alyson Stoner Copy Share Image
If there is one sweeping generalization I can make without fear of contradiction, it is that 'change' is the scariest word in… — Susan Forward Copy Share Image
“ Every person of intelligence should be able to use his mother tongue correctly . It only requires a little pains, a… — Joseph Devlin Copy Share Image
“I know your head aches. I know you're tired. I know your nerves are as raw as meat in a butcher's window.… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
India is less manly under the British rule than she ever was before. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“It takes a thorough knowledge of the English language to effectively abuse it.” — Charlene Vermeulen Copy Share Image
I love how your emails generally look and sound like the English language. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The British are weak in numbers, we are weak in spite of our numbers. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“The most beautiful words in the English language are not 'I love you', but 'It's benign'.” — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
