I've never seen an 'English' books section in, well, an English bookshop, but in Scotland, most bookshops have a set of shelves… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
There are certain sorts of jokes which have only to do with the substitution of the unexpected word in a familiar context.… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I live a perfectly happy and comfortable life in Blair's Britain, but I can't work up much affection for the culture we've… — Jonathan Coe Copy Share Image
I've covered a lot of the British countryside and the UK from top to bottom and side to side. It's such a… — Alan Titchmarsh Copy Share Image
Even though I have spent literally years of my life trying to learn another language, any other language - and even though… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
I do believe, given the heritage of Al Jazeera itself in Arabic and in English, I think Al Jazeera will succeed in… — Wadah Khanfar Copy Share Image
The English are crooked as a nation and honest as individuals. The contrary is true of the French, who are honest as… — Edmond de Goncourt Copy Share Image
“just a short trip to any French territory in the Pacific is enough to convince even the most casual observer that the… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
There is always that age-old thing about England and America being divided by a common language. You think that because we speak… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
“Ah, mais c'est Anglais ca," he murmured, "everything in black and white, everything clear cut and well defined. But life, it is… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of… — Xavier Niel Copy Share Image
My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea pig at… — Freeman A. Hrabowski III Copy Share Image
In some ways England is more liberal than France, but I also find it more intrusive. But when you go abroad you… — Arsene Wenger Copy Share Image
We took Beowulf, the epic poem in Old English, and put it right together with John Gardner's contemporary retelling. If you bring… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English major in college.… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
“He had a voice you couldn't miss: strong and penetrating with strange vowels that sounded different from the accents of other English… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
Between the ages of 24 and 27, I read Freud's complete works, everything that had been translated into English. It was very… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
During my years of professional cricket in England, I realised that although the Australians were talented players, tactically they were a bit… — Glenn Turner Copy Share Image
In the U.S., the term 'general aviation' means its exact opposite, the way 'public school' does in England. An English public school… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
“And so we went. And so it went. And, slowly, I began to learn: speaking in the same language does not equal… — Gerry Abbey Copy Share Image
I'm quite discreet. I think I'd rather focus on my work. So, I only speak when I have something to say. 'Live… — Delphine Arnault Copy Share Image
You English are like mad bulls... you see red everywhere! What on earth has come over you, to heap on us such… — Wilhelm II Copy Share Image
I have no idea what it would be like to be just one thing and speak one language. I feel enormously privileged… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
I think as English people, we don't want to be reminded that at one point we ruled three-quarters of the globe, and… — Jamie Bell Copy Share Image
Black English is simpler than standard English in some ways; for example, it often gets by with just 'be' and drops 'am,'… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
“You yourself are English and yet you do not seem to appreciate the quality of the English reaction to a direct question.… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Common Core, the initiative that claims to more accurately measure K-12 student knowledge in English and math, also encourages children to step… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
Join America taught English, an understanding of the U.S. Constitution, that the Bill of Rights is the ultimate insurance policy for a… — Niger Innis Copy Share Image
I think it has something to do with being British. We don't take ourselves as seriously as some other countries do. I… — Joan Collins Copy Share Image
My dream is not Hollywood, but to perform my act in English to 30 people in a Soho comedy club, to show… — Gad Elmaleh Copy Share Image
It's unimaginable to meet a Pole or a German who does not know about the history of their country. But lots of… — Norman Davies Copy Share Image
Give immediate instruction to all your posts in said territory, under your direction, at no time and on no pretence to hoist,… — Zebulon Pike Copy Share Image
History class was a forty-minute squirm from which I would emerge unscathed by insight. Down the hall in English Lit, though, there… — Nancy Horan Copy Share Image
I don't see how English as we use it in Europe can be revivified. It's like Latin must have been in about… — John Banville Copy Share Image
My uncle is so funny - Don Vito. He was always fat with the craziest voice. Dude, he barely speaks English; it's… — Bam Margera Copy Share Image
My favorite subject was English or creative writing. We did poems and making a magazine, and I did one on celebrities. I… — Ashley Tisdale Copy Share Image
When I began to travel around the country, I would notice in places like Los Angeles, Chicago, Phoenix and even Texas that… — Raul de Molina Copy Share Image
When I started writing comics, 'comics writer' was the most obscure job in the world! If I wanted to be a celebrity,… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
And I'm walking along and we're laughing, kidding, joking, and see he understood the leader, the one we called the leader, had… — Betty Hill Copy Share Image
