If the English had deep-dish pizza they could have kept their empire. — Daniel Pinkwater Copy Share Image
Indian writers have appropriated English as an Indian language, and that gives a certain freshness to the way we write. — Vikas Swarup Copy Share Image
I found that I was just hopeless at school. It was just a total bore. First, I passed in art and English,… — Joe Strummer Copy Share Image
If you're a Norwegian writer, you are not visible in the world. The door of the English language is very hard to… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
At least being prosperous set one apart in England; here it guaranteed nothing, not even taste. — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
When I was a boy, cricket was very, very English. Anyone who spoke English and anyone from a big town could play.… — Kapil Dev Copy Share Image
In 'Godha,' I was a Punjabi girl and had Hindi, English and Punjabi dialogues. — Wamiqa Gabbi Copy Share Image
“You know I am too English to get up a vehement friendship all at once.” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
I don’t fit into the bad side of American psychology. The British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans, — Gwyneth Paltrow Copy Share Image
Basic dictionaries no longer belong on paper; the greatest, the 'Oxford English Dictionary,' has nimbly remade itself in cyberspace, where it has… — James Gleick Copy Share Image
The proverbial Englishman, we know from old chronicler Froissart, takes his pleasures sadly, and the Englishwoman goes a step further and takes… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
I love all the shoe shops in Covent Garden. Laura Lee Jewellery on Monmouth Street for delicate gold jewellery. Every time I… — Caterina Murino Copy Share Image
In truth, no men on earth can cheer like Englishmen, who do so rally one another's blood and spirit when they cheer… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“It is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during 'God save the King'… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I must say that I am not very genteel and I feel that gentility has a stranglehold: the neatness, the wonderful tidiness,… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
...but in every century, and ever since England has been what it is, an Englishman has always felt somewhat ashamed of his… — Baroness Orczy Copy Share Image
The likes of Frank Lampard and John Terry at Chelsea, English players with proper status at a club, they're going to be… — Vinnie Jones Copy Share Image
“The world of literature has everything in it, and it refuses to leave anything out. I have read like a man on… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Lyrics are important, but it's hard, because English isn't my first language - although it feels like it is these days! I… — Avicii Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is absolutely big in Africa. I guess he's big everywhere. Growing up, Shakespeare was the thing. You'd learn monologues and you'd… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
Black English is something which - it's a natural system in itself. And even though it is a dialect of English, it… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
In Buenos Aires, I have a very close friend who speaks very good English, and she taught me. It was quite difficult… — Elena Roger Copy Share Image
I once volunteered to teach English as a second language, and I thought that I would have all these intense relationships with… — Mike White Copy Share Image
My dad tells me that he took us to a pantomime when I was very, very small - panto being a sort… — Dan Stevens Copy Share Image
“Sir, — Whether women are the equals of men has been endlessly debated; whether they have souls has been a moot point;… — Joanna Bourke Copy Share Image
“Enemies! People these days don't have enemies ! Not English people!” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I have both English bulldog determination and Bengal tiger strength. — Bikram Choudhury Copy Share Image
