We have room but for one Language here and that is the English Language, for we intend to see that the crucible… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
Somebody once said that the Irish derived the greatest benefit from the English language. They court it like a beautiful woman. They… — Malachy McCourt Copy Share Image
Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language. — Raymond Williams 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
“Without a doubt the two best words in the English language are The End” — Ken Scott Copy Share Image
Language is the most imperfect and expensive means yet discovered for communicating thought. — William James Copy Share Image
We know from our recent history that English did not come to replace U.S. Indian languages merely because English sounded musical to… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
The official language of the State of Illinois shall be known hereafter as the American language, and not the English language. — Frank Church Copy Share Image
Of all the superstitions that affect India, none is so great as that a knowledge of the English language is necessary for… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I'm one of those people that feels that Americans that shouldn't do Shakespeare... The rhythms of the English language and the mannerisms… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
There seems to be an increasing awareness of something we Americans have known for some time - that the ten most dangerous… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The illuminated ones can take any form -- a man, a woman, a child, an elder, or even a dog. It is… — Jean Houston Copy Share Image
Ram Mohan Roy would have been a greater reformer and Lokmanya Tilak a greater scholar if they had not to start with… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The N-word is one of the most contentious words in the English language. — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
“Is there any finer phrase in the English language than Midsummer Day? There are no words to touch it for conjuring. It… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
“Sheriff Gibbs, the vocabulary of the English language is the wonder of the whole world. Chaucer spoke it and Shakespeare and Winston… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share Image
“The more obsessed with personal identity campus liberals become, the less willing they become to engage in reasoned political debate. Over the… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
“It’s a question of using the English language in a way that will achieve the greatest clarity and strength.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am just not thinking of India's deliverance. It will come, but will it be worth if England and France fall, or… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I'm talking to a journalist and I really have nothing to say anymore, this is already uncomfortable. I feel the pain coming… — Vincent Gallo Copy Share Image
The American idiom has much to offer us that the English language has never heard of — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
I grew up learning Russian and translating English songs when I became a teenager, we got to listen to West Germany radio… — Till Lindemann Copy Share Image
“secondary ELA (English Language Arts) teachers are keenly aware of what “close reading” and the ratio of what the fiction to non-fiction… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
“Are there any two words in all of the English language more closely twinned than courage and cowardice? I do not think… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image