The top 10 verbs in the English language are all irregular, even though irregular verbs make up only 3 per cent of the language. — Erez Lieberman Aiden Copy Share Image
Net neutrality: The only two words that promise more boredom in the English language are 'featuring Sting,' — John Oliver Copy Share Image
"Give us this day our daily bread" is probably the most perfectly constructed and useful sentence ever set down in the English… — P J Wingate Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of going back and forth with my own writing, in particular translating my English language stuff into Ukrainian… — Yuriy Tarnawsky Copy Share Image
English is like music. The English language is really fit for singing. The notes match the feelings, and it makes sense. — Ken Watanabe Copy Share Image
Learning preserves the errors of the past, as well as its wisdom. For this reason, dictionaries are public dangers, although they are… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
I have a song about how much I hate emojis and the lazy thinking of people who use them. I wish that… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
“Left identitarians who think of themselves as radical creatures, contesting this and transgressing that, have become like buttoned-up Protestant schoolmarms when it… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
The English language may hold a more disagreeable combination of words than "The doctor will see you now." I am willing to… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
Alexander von Humboldt’s wide-ranging Views of Nature is a masterpiece of nineteenth-century natural history, at once science and art. Mark W. Person’s… — Daniel Walker Howe Copy Share Image
“No institution of learning of Ingersoll 's day had courage enough to confer upon him an honorary degree; not only for his… — Joseph Lewis Copy Share Image
Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Two of the saddest words in the English language are, 'What party?' And LA is the 'What party?' capital of the world. — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
The English language on her tongue became a smoke-screen, without her eyes changing expression in the least. — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“ schwa : The faint vowel sound in many unstressed syllables in the English language. It is signified by the pronunciation "uh"… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
We do not for example say that the person has a perfect knowledge of some language L similar to English but still… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
My heart rebels against any foreigner imposing on my country the peace which is here called Pax-Britannica. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I think that phrase is the most horrible phrase in the English language - 'I don't know.' It's terribly embarrassing. — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
Our nonviolence vis-а-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“There were not words enough in the English language, nor in any language, to make his attitude and conduct intelligible to them.” — Jack London Copy Share Image
“Ah! The English language was a wonderful thing! You could always find the right word. He only wished he could speak the… — Terry Jones Copy Share Image
It's [the word “sorry”] the most infuriating word in the English language. Just a cheap way to behave badly then shelve responsibility… — Minette Walters Copy Share Image
“I love you. ... they are the three most abused and underused words in the English language.” — Andrea Boeshaar Copy Share Image
“There’s this word,” she continued, turning to study her fingers gripping the wheel. “Nothing like it exists in the English language. It’s… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image