His head was boiled, impaled upon a pole and raised above London Bridge. So ended the life of Thomas More, one of… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
When it comes to love, the English language bears no shortage of cliches. — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
I studied Shakespeare all through high school. Both of my parents teach English and history, so it has always been around my… — Xavier Samuel Copy Share Image
I was a supporting character in other people's lives, which seemed right and familiar to me. I was also an outsider: English… — Allegra Huston Copy Share Image
“Although these negative statements that we speak over people’s lives are ‘simple English’, they tend to be sticky and their damage is… — D.S. Mashego Copy Share Image
I feel Scottish when with English people, and when I'm with Scottish people, I realise I'm English. — Nina Conti Copy Share Image
I'm working on a film called 'Bonnie.' Bonnie means water. It's in English, and it's dealing with a future world in a… — Shekhar Kapur Copy Share Image
An English summer's day is wonderful, but sometimes you have to look hard to find one! — Romain Grosjean 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
English country life is more like Chekhov than 'The Archers' or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
The inner me was always under attack by authority, by the way my parents wanted me to be brought up, by these… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
My shirt and my hat always say 'World Champion' in some language. English, Spanish, Chinese, 'Star Wars' language, which is also known… — Judah Friedlander Copy Share Image
We should favor young immigrants with many years of work ahead of them. We should favor immigrants who have demonstrated an ability… — Jan C. Ting Copy Share Image
People say that I am always serious and depressing, but it seems to me that the English are never serious - they… — Anita Brookner Copy Share Image
There are plenty of good Indian writers in English, and none of us feel we are carrying the burden of being a… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
“Don't fuck with an English major. They keep lots of useless crap trapped in their heads. Once in a while they let… — P.C. Cast Copy Share Image
The English language started out as a distortion in my life, but nothing remains the same, and so the distortion is now… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
There have been a bunch of Indian films in English that found an audience. — Arfi Lamba 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
The brank, or scold's bridle, was unknown in America in its English shape: though from colonial records we learn that scolding women… — Alice Morse Earle Copy Share Image
Being a third-generation Mexican-American and speaking English exclusively, I heard Spanish spoken by my relatives all my life, especially when they didn't… — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
“ Every person of intelligence should be able to use his mother tongue correctly . It only requires a little pains, a… — Joseph Devlin Copy Share Image
