I'm not one of these people who say how much better American drama is than English. I find it mostly too American,… — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
Coaches have got to be given rank within the university so that you can't fire a coach unless you go through an… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
Ego, id, and superego are terms familiar to all, but for many years, Freud's psychoanalytic theory has thrived in English departments around… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
America is remarkable, don't you think so? When I came to Washington, I was twelve years old. I spoke English with an… — Ahmet Ertegun Copy Share Image
Ah, the bond between English boys and California girls. For those of us who aren't either, it's a bond that fascinates and… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
My belief is, from all that I have seen of the French people and their Government, that they are much more likely… — Robert Peel Copy Share Image
We had at our disposal the first operational jet, which superseded by at least 150 knots the fastest American and English fighters.… — Adolf Galland Copy Share Image
Fraud, robbery, and murder have characterized the English usurpation of the government of our country. Why, for the last fifty years we… — John Edward Redmond Copy Share Image
Mitch Glazer and I went to high school together, and his mother was my English teacher for two years. She was my… — Mickey Rourke Copy Share Image
It's so English to hate L.A. I'd like to say I love it, but I don't. It's such a weird place. If… — Amelia Warner 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
I was born in America but all of my friends' parents, everybody's parents, including my own, had come to America from Europe.… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
Nothing teaches great writing like the very best books do. Yet, good teachers often help students cross that bridge, and I have… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
In the Middle Ages, I think the French kings murdered slightly fewer of their family members than the English kings, though I… — Karen Maitland Copy Share Image
New York City is home to so many people from so many places and the uniqueness of it is that you never… — Mira Nair Copy Share Image
I sometimes feel nervous because I give stupid answers to certain pointless questions. It happens in Turkish as much as in English.… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
There are hundreds of thousands of Scots who acknowledge English, Irish or Welsh parts of their very being. Lives and destinies are… — Michael Ignatieff 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
We spoke French at home and I didn't know any English until I went to school. My mother was French and met… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
It's ironic that the growth of Scottish nationalism has precipitated in the English the sort of hand-wringing the Scots have always done… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
English banjo players really were a law unto themselves - you don't find that kind of brisk banjo playing on the original… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
If these are indeed the spirits of Englishmen and Englishwomen who have passed over into the next world, surely they would know… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“The lively oral storytelling scene in Scots and Gaelic spills over into the majority English-speaking culture, imbuing it with a strong sense… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I had always looked down on sociology as this arriviste discipline. It didn't have the noble history of English and history as… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
America has had an influence on me, as has going out with a Cuban-American guy and having lots of American friends. But… — Lily Cole Copy Share Image
I didn't fit the typical profile of a trader. I was an English major working on a novel at night. Most everyone… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
“English is the language through which I reach hearts from various corners of the world. English is the language through which I… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
'English Rose' - what does that actually mean? That I am pale? That I am English, maybe? They are going to say… — Rachel Hurd-Wood Copy Share Image
“It's all about the "French Paradox," that much-publicized puzzle of how French people eat all that fatty food and drink tons of… — Julie Powell Copy Share Image
“Peter held up the book he had been reading: 'Moby-Dick; or, The Whale'. "To tell you the truth, I'm not even sure… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
I love mystery novels... I love seeing the dramas played out in academic departments, particularly English departments. I started reading these when… — Natasha Trethewey Copy Share Image
After I'd been in college for a couple years I'd read Shakespeare and Frost and Chaucer and the poets of the Harlem… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The English prison system is altogether mediaeval and outworn. In some of its details, the system has improved since they began to… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
If you're an English actor, and you're asked to do an episode - especially the Christmas episode - of 'Downton Abbey,' you… — Janet Montgomery Copy Share Image
What the British must never believe about themselves is that they are good at games, strong in adversity, but lousy in bed.… — Gerald McKnight Copy Share Image
I read 'the Hobbit' at the age when you're supposed to read it. I didn't read 'The Lord Of The Rings.' My… — Ken Stott Copy Share Image
I haven't taught since 2004, but I taught high school English for seven years, primarily at a place called Haddonfield Memorial, which… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
Had I not gone to Japan in 1986, had I stayed home and majored in English literature as I'd intended to do,… — John Burnham Schwartz Copy Share Image
