“Kilmartin wrote a highly amusing and illuminating account of his experience as a Proust revisionist, which appeared in the first issue of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
People always said that I hated punk, and that really wasn't true. It was glossed over for many years that I was… — Rick Wakeman Copy Share Image
As languages go, English is pretty user friendly. If you look at a tiny language spoken somewhere that most of us have… — John McWhorter Copy Share Image
My English teachers gave me a copy of Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' when I left high school, which has always been very… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
The English and Japanese are the most inventive dressers in the world, but French girls are the most beautiful. I am still… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there. — Damon Albarn Copy Share Image
The iambic pentameter owes its pre-eminence in English poetry to its genius for variation. Good blank verse does not sound like a… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
I was the happiest in English class, and algebra was where I cried. — Shelley Hennig Copy Share Image
A native speaker of English who has never read a word of the King James Bible is verging on the barbarian. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I was never particularly academic, so it was no great surprise when I failed my 11-plus and consequently went to Wibsey Secondary… — Kiki Dee Copy Share Image
“Ho ho ho, tell me why you are not at home' is something Santa Claus could ask you if you stayed in… — Jakub Marian Copy Share Image
English women would rather go out and buy a washing machine than shop for clothes. — Trinny Woodall Copy Share Image
“Shani Chalisa ॥दोहा॥ Doha जय-जय श्री शनिदेव प्रभु, सुनहु विनय महराज। करहुं कृपा हे रवि तनय, राखहु जन की लाज॥ Shani Maharaj,… — Munindra Misra Copy Share Image
I love the musicality of English. French sounds flat. In English, you can play with pitch. — Eva Green Copy Share Image
Why do elites hate the poor? It's xenophobia. They don't know any poor people - except their off-the-books Brazilian nanny and illegal… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“In high school, we barely brushed against Ogden Nash, Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, or any of the other so-unserious writers who delight… — Bob Harris Copy Share Image
What is Americanization? It manifests itself, in a superficial way, when the immigrant adopts the clothes, the manners and the customs generally… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
When I did 'Frantic,' I didn't have a lot of experience. My English was so bad, and I did an OK job,… — Emmanuelle Seigner Copy Share Image
I've always appreciated English football and the Premier League, I've always liked it. — Pavel Nedved Copy Share Image
I had the impression from reading English literature that British women were great beauties, and I only had seen Julie Christie, and… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
I went to UC Berkeley. I graduated in 1976, immediately moved to L.A. with a degree in English - which did no… — Kurt Fuller Copy Share Image
I've been given an amazing opportunity and I could not be more grateful. But I also know that all this will eventually… — Josh Brolin Copy Share Image
