English Quotes · Page 28

“The French: a people who have used their sophisticated culture and beautiful language to bequeath to the world the sliced potato.”

— Bauvard

English people ... never speak, excepting in cases of fire or murder, unless they are introduced.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they…

— John Cleese

A native speaker of English who has never read a word of the King James Bible is verging on the barbarian.

— Richard Dawkins

The English eat all sorts of birds - pigeons, ducks, sparrows - but if you tell them you eat puffin, you might…

— Bjork

When it comes to cakes and puddings, savouries, bread and tea cakes, the English cannot be surpassed.

— Laurie Colwin

The Welsh people have a talent for acting that one does not find in the English. The English lack heart.

— Anthony Hopkins

British people don't express when they are in pain. They don't think it's elegant.

— Monica Bellucci

In many ways, 'What Teachers Make: In Praise of the Greatest Job in the World' is just one big thank-you note to…

— Taylor Mali

In Paris they just simply opened their eyes and stared when we spoke to them in French! We never did succeed in…

— Mark Twain

I loved English, and I did very well in it. A lot of teachers encouraged me to write, and because of that,…

— Sharon Creech

“I beg your pardon," Philip interposed stiffly, now put upon his mettle. "We have no taboos at all in England. ... England,…

— Grant Allen

English is really free for me; there's no limits to the music and the imagination. And French, it's just I live in…

— Yael Naim

President Bush said that if illegal immigrants want citizenship, they'd have to do three things: pay taxes, hold meaningful jobs, and learn…

— P. J. O'Rourke

For decades, as literary editor, I have followed the growth of our creative writing in English. In my Solidaridad Bookshop, half of…

— F. Sionil Jose

I don't really have anything against the French except that, as an American, I've been bred to despise them with the same…

— John Ridley

I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very…

— Bat for Lashes

Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily.

— Natalia Makarova

As long as our people quote English standards they dwarf their own proportions.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The English sent all their bores abroad, and acquired the Empire as a punishment.

— Edward Bond

England, where nobody ever says what they mean: and by denying feeling, kill it off stone-cold at the roots.

— Caitlin Thomas

It's such a surprise for the Eastern eyes to see, That though the English are effete They're quite impervious to heat.

— Noel Coward

I feel Scottish when with English people, and when I'm with Scottish people, I realise I'm English.

— Nina Conti

John Locke invented common sense, and only Englishmen have had it ever since!

— Bertrand Russell

I'm English, and 'Doctor Who' was this thing that I've been watching since I was three.

— Neil Gaiman

“You Englishmen,’ said Herr Wurter. ‘You are all the same. Wherever you are you behave as if you were at home and…

— Derek Raymond

“Polysyllables obfuscate a preponderant ignorance with so much more style and panache.”

— John Patrick Lowrie

I've made a dog's breakfast of English history, geography, 'King Lear,' and the English language in general.

— Christopher Moore

I welcome him like I welcome cold sores. He's from England, he's angry and he's got Mad Power Disease.

— Paula Abdul

You don't have to speak English to have sophisticated political opinions.

— Ronny Chieng

“Of all people in the world the English have the least sense of the beauty of literature.”

— Anonymous

I think France should be free, independent, and be the cultural heart of the world because those play a balance in the…

— Marine Le Pen

I do not dislike the French from the vulgar antipathy between neighboring nations, but for their insolent and unfounded air of superiority.

— Horace Walpole

There is no denying that the English league is perfect for me, but there are nice clubs elsewhere, too.

— Romelu Lukaku

Latinas who come to the U.S. should adapt, learn English and become a part of the community.

— Carolina Herrera

So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other…

— Vikram Seth

The British are apt to make merits of their stupidities, and to represent their various incapacities as points of good breeding.

— George Bernard Shaw

With Singaporeans, you speak English, you're well-educated, the doors open everywhere.

— Lee Hsien Loong

I'm completely English, but I grew up in Paris and went to school here. My parents moved when I was five.

— Jemima West

“The french are a moral people--judged, that is, by american country club standards.”

— John Steinbeck