“The indictment introduced a new word to the English language – ‘genocide” — Ann Tusa Copy Share Image
“...there are no sweeter words in the English language (or any other) than husband and wife.” — Lanier Ivester Copy Share Image
The most disgusting four letter word in the English language is 'cage'. — Philip Wollen Copy Share Image
I'd love to do something like 'A Canterbury Tale,' because I love the English language. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is derogatory to the dignity of mankind, it is derogatory to the dignity of India, to entertain for one single moment… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The First Amendment...begins with the five loveliest words in the English language: 'Congress shall make no law'. — George Will Copy Share Image
“If you looked at any single word in the English language close enough, you would see within the great glowing coils of… — Joseph Fink Copy Share Image
Which brings us to the least sexy word in the English language, kids," Dad said, kicking back in his chair. "Inbreeding. Avoid… — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
The ten most powerful two-letter words in the English language are: If it is to be, it is up to me. — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
“Baseball. If there's a more beautiful word in the English language. I have yet to hear it…baseball has served as such a… — Tim Russert Copy Share Image
“tests are constructed and normed on native English speakers and may not provide valid inferences about the achievement of English Language Learners.… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“Cited by the author of 'Lucky Jim' as one of the most dismal depressing questions in the English language: "Shall we go… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
So while you're getting ripped apart head to toe as you fall into a black hole, you will also extrude through the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Shakespeare's always been sitting on my back, since I began reading. And, certainly, as a writer, he's who I hear all the… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
“Then, Jason looked up and asked, "Do you realized that there are more words for penis in English language then there are… — Marshall Thornton Copy Share Image
There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Language is art, language is imagery, music, rhythm, thought, responsibility and communication. With the extensive English vocabulary available to us, an abundance… — Ellen Palestrant Copy Share Image
“The English language needs a word for that feeling you get when you badly need help, but there is no one who… — David Wong Copy Share Image
At all periods of the [English] language it is difficult to assign a beginning date to most new words and meanings. They… — Robert Burchfield Copy Share Image
The English language started out as a distortion in my life, but nothing remains the same, and so the distortion is now… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
“The first phase of modernism, which so far as the English language goes we associate with Pound and Yeats, Wyndham Lewis and… — Frank Kermode Copy Share Image
“But do you know what the most important verb in the English language is? It is the verb to be. I am,… — Tess Hilmo Copy Share Image
“Their management and regulation of our lives spans the total spectrum of American experience, from their obtuse Imperial Measurement System, to their… — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
I can hardly believe that I even know this, but I am aware that Noah Webster's original dictionary, apart from being the… — Bob Garfield Copy Share Image
“How are you going do your writings? How can the others understand you through words describing places, sensations, thoughts, feelings, hope, love,… — Frederick Vanderbuilt Copy Share Image
In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless . . was a word, certainly, but much more than a word, it was a concept. "Nevertheless" was what you said… — Brunonia Barry Copy Share Image
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