The English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
I speak French, and I grew up with French, so my English is Franglais. — Corneille Ewango Copy Share Image
Our English monarchs are so unimaginative,” said Eldric. “They execute people in such tediously conventional ways. — Franny Billingsley Copy Share Image
It has taken seas of blood to drown the idol of despotism, but the English do not think they bought their laws… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
I am a central European with an English education and a deplorable tendency to constant self-analysis. I am irritable and have weak… — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Copy Share Image
I'd love to have been in things like 'The Jewel in the Crown,' but of course they're terribly old English. I can… — Julia McKenzie Copy Share Image
Move beyond the educated elite, and the great majority in most countries outside Europe don't speak English. — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
I think Americans have always been pretty outspoken. I always found that if you had emotions in England, it's like, 'Here's a… — Rosanna Arquette Copy Share Image
When you're a young English person who wants to be an actress and you have dreams, you dream of being Vanessa Redgrave… — Janet McTeer Copy Share Image
I would love to spend more time in Britain one day. In my heart, I still feel that I'm English, and when… — Olivia Hussey Copy Share Image
“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We… — James D. Nicoll Copy Share Image
For English assignments I was constantly coming up with these strange adventure stories... But I actually wanted to be an artist, or… — Paul Kane Copy Share Image
As regards literary culture, it fascinates me that it has been so resilient to the Union. For example, when T.S. Eliot wanted… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
My breakfast consists of two cappuccinos and maybe a toasted English muffin, and that's pretty much it for me unless I decide… — Kyle MacLachlan Copy Share Image
Everyone tells me I have a funny accent. It's because I copy people. I learned English at school but have best friends… — Caroline Winberg Copy Share Image
I don't hate language. I have my own language, but I also enjoy the English language. Obviously, you don't read a lot… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
The French are a tremendously verbal race: they kill you with their assurances, their repetitions, their reasons, their platitudes, their formulae, their… — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
Afrikaans is my first language, although you would never know, as my English accent has more of an American-British thing going on… — Tanit Phoenix Copy Share Image
Part of the joy and pleasure of English is its boundless creativity: I can describe a new machine as bicyclish, I can… — Erin McKean Copy Share Image
“The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too, common yet royal, vulgar yet processional, sacred yet profane. Each… — Stephen Fry 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
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
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
“English is not spare. But it is beautiful. It cannot be called truthful because its subtleties are infinite. It is the language… — Paul Scott Copy Share Image
The keynote of American civilization is a sort of warm-hearted vulgarity. The Americans have none of the irony of the English, none… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
