Men are strange. It's almost unexpected to find they speak…

Men must speak English who can write Sanskrit; they must speak a modern language who write, perchance, an ancient and universal one.

— Henry David Thoreau

“Have you got another puro?” he said. “You speak English? You understand me? Don’t worry about Spanish. English is the best. A very good…

— J.D. Daniels

How will the Tower of Babel be undone? How will we understand each other in Heaven? Will we all speak English or Dutch or…

— Peter Kreeft

“The two-man crew of the patrol boat does not speak English. Rachel exploits this as best she can, while still dumping life jackets in…

— Anna Banks

At this point two elderly security guards in parkas, the guys who normally work the front desk at the plant, asked John to step…

— David Wong

My mother emigrated from Russia as a young child. She couldn't speak English and had no education. Her father died at age 32, leaving…

— Dianne Feinstein

Dejardins was so stunned, he momentarily forgot how to speak English. "Ce n'est pas possible. On ne pourrait pas-

— Rick Riordan

I first went to Barcelona in 1975 after university, and I stayed for three years. I learnt Catalan because that's what everyone speaks in…

— Colm Toibin

To write or even speak English is not a science but an art. There are no reliable words… Whoever writes English is involved in…

— George Orwell

I met one child there eleven years old, speaking three languages [in Guinea]. He could speak English, French and Malinke. Speaking my language actually…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

The people don't take baths and they don't speak English. No golf courses, no room service. Who needs it?

— Jim McMahon

Sham marriages have been widespread; people have been allowed to settle in Britain without being able to speak English; and there have not been…

— Theresa May

“Aggression in a dog is similar to aggression in a human. We re both scared of what we don't understand, and our need to…

— Andre Gatling

“many of us, as immigrants—or our parents or our grandparents—had chosen to leave our pasts behind just as the Goldens were now choosing, encouraging…

— Salman Rushdie

In South Africa, we speak English and sometimes Afrikaans, sometimes Zulu, sometimes Xhosa.

— Watkin Tudor Jones