The English gentleman is a combination of silence, courtesy, dignity, sport, newspapers and honesty. — Karel Capek 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
I have said my philosophy - I'm a backyard philosopher, I guess - is that the dirtiest word in the English language… — Frank Sinatra, Jr Copy Share Image
In # France we have a saying, 'Joie de Vivre,' which actually doesn't exist in the English language. It means looking at… — Mireille Guiliano Copy Share Image
Every American child should grow up knowing a second language, preferably English. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Two of the saddest words in the English language are, 'What party?' And L.A. is the 'What party?' capital of the world. — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
The film business is just one of our verticals. We have wanted for some time to make inroads into the English language… — Ronnie Screwvala Copy Share Image
“Fine’s a funny word, don’t you think? I don’t think there’s another like it in the English language that says so much… — Emma Chase Copy Share Image
I love to laugh, it's my main thing. I love to abuse the English language. — Dan Fogelberg Copy Share Image
Words, too, have genuine substance -- mass and weight and specific gravity. — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
I believe it is our values and our ideals that ultimately bind us together as a nation. But it is the English… — Asa Hutchinson Copy Share Image
You'll never make your mark as a writer unless you develop a respect for words and a curiosity about their shades of… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
You and I must realize that the English language is filled with words that, in addition to their literal meanings, convey distinct… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
What's great is we actually have friends who belong or have previously belonged to the Amish community, so we got first hand… — Alyson Stoner Copy Share Image
“He soon perceived, however, that the battles which Sir Miles and the rest had waged against armed knights to win a kingdom,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Oh, God, I don't know what's more difficult, life or the English language. — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
“If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.” — Doug Larsen Copy Share Image
“At the end of the vacation, I took a steamer alone from Wuhan back up through the Yangtze Gorges. The journey took… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
If I were really fluent and born into the English language, I would probably become a greater writer. — Chath Piersath Copy Share Image
“Technology has also rapidly invaded our language. Every year the Oxford English Dictionary adds new words that it feels deserve to be… — Adam Gazzaley Copy Share Image
I worked in a bookstore in Oslo, importing the English-language books. — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
It would be a sad day for India if it has to inherit the English scale and the English tastes so utterly… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
