All the women in my life have been librarians, English teachers and book sellers. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“The manner in which the exclusionary nature of the English language is used in knowledge prodution separates us as humans.” — Malebo Sephodi Copy Share Image
The Australian fans are really friendly and personable; the sense of humour is a lot less dry than the English. — Tom Hopper Copy Share Image
I love New York, but I have to admit that I feel very English, and I do miss that sense of history… — Charlie Cox Copy Share Image
“I'm English. We're about as tactful as a hot poker up the bum, most of the time.” — L.H. Thomson Copy Share Image
I always knew the French had a penchant for criticism and abstract thought. Usually, that just meant they complained a lot. — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
The English are laidback, comfortable socially, and getting along is easy. — Eoin Morgan Copy Share Image
They're very nationalistic the French - or they used to be. Very insular. Pretty arrogant. — Arthur Boyd Copy Share Image
Comparing and contrasting is a valuable human skill - and not just during high school English exams. Our ability to rank-order things… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
“The French always make our sort happy because, like us, they know how to love, they're just as good at playing the… — Saša Stanišić Copy Share Image
I have to laugh when the English claim they are such a wonderful nation. Everyone knows that Englishmen are really Germans, that… — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
Increasingly, corporate executives who don't speak Japanese are coming into Japan. Unlike their predecessors, they expect their employees to be able to… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Always when I write my music, I take my guitar, and I improvise always with a melody, you know, lyrics in Spanish.… — Juanes Copy Share Image
I was always an avid reader of books. My vocabulary, my English are all thanks to that reading habit. Reading keeps me… — Madhur Bhandarkar Copy Share Image
I'm good at winding up British people, but Americans are slightly different. A lot of them are more stoical. They're harder to… — Kayvan Novak Copy Share Image
All of our affairs, since the union of crowns, have been managed by the advice of English ministers, and the principal offices… — Andrew Fletcher Copy Share Image
The number of those who have to be assimilated to the majority is not too high. It remains small compared with the… — Norbert Elias Copy Share Image
“English: Ô, take this eager dance you fool, don’t brandish your stick at me. I have several reasons to travel on, on… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
If you are born in 1564, your dislocation from your parents' experience is very profound. You are the first generation who will… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
A British porch is a musty, forbidding non-room in which to fling a sodden umbrella or a muddy pair of boots; a… — Dan Stevens Copy Share Image
When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
I went to university in the north of England at University of Birmingham to do an English literature degree, and I knew… — Tom Riley Copy Share Image
Oh, I think country has changed tremendously. I think country has totally changed. Country music when I was a kid was Hank… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
Americans are a lot more open, of course. There's something more declamatory in the way you express emotions. It's a stereotype but… — Emily Blunt Copy Share Image
