“Has it ever occurred to you,’ he said, ‘that the whole history of English poetry has been determined by the fact that… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
If you can describe clearly without a diagram the proper way of making this or that knot, then you are a master… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
“Geoffrey Chaucer, the first author in the English language, devoted the longest story in The Canterbury Tales to the Asian conqueror Genghis… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share Image
The English language is full of words that are just waiting to be misspelled, and the world is full of sticklers, ready… — Mary Norris 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
“Unaware of what year it was, Joe wandered the streets desperate for help. But the English language had deteriorated into a hybrid… — A. Narrator Copy Share Image
The English language lacks the words 'to mourn an absence.' For the loss of a parent, grandparent, spouse, child or friend we… — Laura Bush 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
I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry. — Diane Wakoski Copy Share Image
A lot of linguists in the market, especially interpreters of foreign languages, do not have a great command over the English language,… — Chinmayi Copy Share Image
To get rid of the infatuation for English is one of the essentials of Swaraj. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“The time is ripe for young Indian authors writing in the English language.” — Anurag Shourie Copy Share Image
... suddenly I was a kid in the hall standing outside my locker about to head to Math. But that was how… — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative… — Alex Cox Copy Share Image
But it's very technical and you really have to work and work and work to crack it. It's about using your whole… — Marion Cotillard Copy Share Image
There is a newly coined word in the English language for the moment when the person we're with whips out their BlackBerry… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Back in Kuwait, I had started listening to a lot of English language music: western music, I would say - Kate Bush… — Yasmine Hamdan Copy Share Image
In my early teens, I read every bound volume of the magazine Punch. Every writer of any distinction in the English language,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The revival of Hebrew, as a spoken language, is a fascinating story, which I'm afraid I cannot squeeze into a few sentences.… — Amos Oz 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
The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'cheque enclosed.' — Dorothy Parker 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
When it comes to remaking my own films in the English language, I can only imagine that it is a very boring… — Park Chan-wook Copy Share Image
I love the English language, but I'm crap at it, so I might as well do what I'm good at. The same… — Theo Paphitis Copy Share Image
There are approximately 1,013,913 words in the English language but I could never put together enough to explain how I feel about you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
