That monstrous tuberosity of civilised life, the capital of England. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
In Ireland, I don't get asked out much. English boys are a lot more flirty. — Georgia Salpa Copy Share Image
The French are the wittiest, the most charming, and up to the present, at all events, the least musical race on Earth. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
Grunge came from a group of English photographers, and they were documenting their own reality... I'm South American - we celebrate life. — Mario Testino Copy Share Image
Good shoes are important. I wear English brogues in a wide fitting. They last me years. — David Bailey Copy Share Image
There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual. — Catherine Drinker Bowen Copy Share Image
I taught high school English for 24 years. I always teach my students to appreciate the beauty of language and to write poetically. — Mark Takano Copy Share Image
It sometimes occurs to me that the British have more heritage than isgood for them. — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
To the Tamil media, I have mostly interacted in English since I am not fluent in Tamil. — Vijay Deverakonda Copy Share Image
My joke is that my father was a minister and my mother was an English teacher, so I'm trained to see the… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Objections to verbification in English tend to be motivated by personal taste, not clarity. Verbed words are usually easily understood. When a… — Erin McKean Copy Share Image
'Marielena' was a wonderful experience that so many people still remember today. It challenged me to practice my Spanish. Having been born… — Maria Canals Barrera Copy Share Image
The English tradition offers the great tapestry novel, where you have the emotional aspect of a detective's personal life, the circumstances of… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
I guess anime helped me understand the Japanese culture a little better and makes me want to honor certain language nuances that… — Laura Bailey Copy Share Image
England is, after all, the land where children are beaten, wives and babies bashed, football hooligans crunch, and Miss Whip and Miss… — Colin MacInnes Copy Share Image
“Why no s for two deer, but an s for two monkeys? Brother Quang says no one knows. So much for rules!… — Thanhha Lai Copy Share Image
We always seem to be a bit surprised that our children are reflecting stuff that we are showing them. I don't know… — Cheryl Ladd Copy Share Image
“This was in [Orwell's] 1946 'Politics and the English Language,' an essay that despite its date (and its title's basic redundancy) remains… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Now, if you are like me - if you are like practically anybody in America - then you probably hold some negative… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
As a nation, we English tend to be self-deprecating, looking down on ourselves. We're insular but also flexible, whereas in Germany, it's… — Simon Rattle Copy Share Image
“Sometimes these differences in meaning take on a kind of bewildering circularity. A tramp in Britain is a bum in America, while… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“More recently, during a debate in the House of Lords in 1978 one of the members said: "If there is a more… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“That’s different. The French know that the English are superior to them and they’re appropriate about it. The Eastern Europeans on the… — Colin Browne Copy Share Image
“Many French people were difficult conversationalists. Asking them not only where they were originally from but what they did in life was… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
“The neglected pioneer of one revolution, the honoured victim of another, brave to the point of folly, and as humane as he… — Henry Noel Brailsford Copy Share Image
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