The Bostonians are really, as a race, far inferior in point of anything beyond mere intellect to any other set upon the… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
I think of science fiction as being part of the great river of imaginative fiction that has flowed through English literature, probably… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“It galls me, when I catch a stray remark from the master, or between the older English pupils, to the effect that… — Geraldine Brooks 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've played a lot of very posh, sort of noble or aristocratic English people, which is nothing like what I am, so… — James McAvoy Copy Share Image
“He would not mind hearing Petrus’s story one day. But preferably not reduced to English. More and more he is convinced that… — J.M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
The English have loudly and openly told the world that skis and dogs are unusable in these regions and that fur clothes… — Roald Amundsen Copy Share Image
I did everything in my power not to be an actress. I went off and did a teacher-training course first, so I… — Sarah Douglas Copy Share Image
“॥दोहा॥ श्रीगुरु चरन सरोज रज, निज मनु मुकुरु सुधारि। बरनउँ रघुबर बिमल जसु, जो दायकु फल चारि॥ Doha With the dust of… — Munindra Misra Copy Share Image
The U.S. won the majors 29-11 in the 1980s. That's when Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus were carrying the ball, and when… — Dan Jenkins Copy Share Image
Americans are cool; if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They'll pat you on the arm and… — Bear Grylls Copy Share Image
I did really well at school, and I would have loved to have gone to Oxford or Cambridge. I would have read… — Emma Rigby Copy Share Image
France is delighted at this new opportunity to show the world ... that when one has the will one can succeed in… — Francois Mitterrand Copy Share Image
People who use chew instead of you, or misspell words on purpose because they think it sounds better, thanks for disrespecting the… — Nathan Schwake Copy Share Image
The French are endowed with bigger limbs; those of the Spaniards are stronger; they have a very slim waist. The French fight… — Michael Servetus Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I have an idea, and I say, 'Okay, let's - it will be great, maybe, if I sing in English,… — Juanes Copy Share Image
My mother was English. My parents met in Oxford in the '50s, and my mother moved to Nigeria and lived there. She… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
The French are sawed-off sissies who eat snails and slugs and cheese that smells like people's feet. Utter cowards who force their… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
In 1986, I was attacked in the street as I helped Neil Mullarkey from the Comedy Store Players to put up posters.… — Paul Merton Copy Share Image
At school, myself and some pals, all football-daft, divided up the old English First Division and wrote off to half a dozen… — Drew Busby Copy Share Image
The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that… — Damon Hill Copy Share Image
The heart of the matter seems to me to be the direct interaction between one's making a poem in English and a… — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I am up for anything, but my favorite show in the whole world is this English series, 'Skins.' It would be awesome… — Kevin McHale Copy Share Image
There are reasons for believing that the English increase will far surpass others, and that the diffusion of the United States will… — Ezra Stiles Copy Share Image
I came from a Hindi medium school... the principal felt that I would not fit into an English medium college. Though I… — Lakshmi Mittal Copy Share Image
“We English have no very strong attachment to the soil, we can make ourselves at home in any part of the world,… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The difference between the vanity of a Frenchman and an Englishman seems to be this: the one thinks everything right that is… — William Hazlitt 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
There were sometimes from forty to sixty English machines, but unfortunately the Germans were often in the minority. With them quality was… — Manfred von Richthofen Copy Share Image
So what's really behind the 'English Only' Movement? Fear. Fear of being taken over and one day they will have to learn… — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
When I saw what a mess everything was in I asked for my money back on the ticket. I would have felt… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
I've dubbed for my roles in Hindi, English, and Italian. Therefore, I'm used to the process. But, dubbing is hard, especially when… — Kabir Bedi Copy Share Image
My mother had an incredibly strong accent - although I couldn't hear it - and she was the main person there, so… — John Key Copy Share Image
I would like to perform more in English. But there have to be many good things gathered for me to be willing… — Ludivine Sagnier Copy Share Image
I can see how Americans misconstrue British reserve, and I can see how British people misconstrue American enthusiasm. I think I'm somewhere… — Julianne Moore 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
The first article carrying Vonnegut's byline, 'This Business of Whistle Purchasing,' a lighthearted criticism of a school fund-raiser, was submitted at the… — Charles J. Shields Copy Share Image
I was raised to be kind. My parents were underdogs. Immigrant Jews. I spoke with an accent. I didn't speak English even… — Saul Rubinek Copy Share Image
I love New York. I'm taking English lessons there for the first time. I used to live in Tokyo, but I needed… — Rinko Kikuchi Copy Share Image
What it takes is to actually write: not to think about it, not to imagine it, not to talk about it, but… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
