“The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'check enclosed.” — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Our nonviolence vis-а-vis the British Government has been the nonviolence of the weak. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Is there a phrase in the English language more fraught with menace than a tax audit? — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“The four cruellest words in the English language are "I told you so.” — Lord Salisbury Copy Share Image
The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'cheque enclosed.' — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
The English gentleman is a combination of silence, courtesy, dignity, sport, newspapers and honesty. — Karel Capek 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
If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers. — Doug Larson Copy Share Image
Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Non-co-operation is a movement intended to invite Englishmen to co-operate with us on honourable terms or retire from our land. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“For years I had been aware of an important deficiency in the English language: a word to describe something a person loses… — Ellen Miller Copy Share Image
A foreign observer is struck by our gentleness: by the orderly behaviour of the English crowds, the lack of pushing and quarrelling,… — George Mikes Copy Share Image
If you're a Norwegian writer, you are not visible in the world. The door of the English language is very hard to… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
A pronoun, too, will aptly reflect the number of its antecedent: "they" does not refer to one person, no matter how many… — Karen Elizabeth Gordon Copy Share Image
“The English language is under assault by stupid people who use words they don't understand, and is defended by pompous asses who… — Tim Cameron Copy Share Image
The English Language Amendment says above all, 'Let's see to it that our children, our young people, learn English. Let us not… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
People who use chew instead of you, or misspell words on purpose because they think it sounds better, thanks for disrespecting the… — Nathan Schwake Copy Share Image
Why does there exist a global American entertainment industry, but there isn't an equivalent coming from France or Italy? This is the… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
A being who can create a race of men devoid of real freedom and inevitably foredoomed to be sinners, and then punish… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Please stop using the word "Negro."... We are the only human beings in the world with fifty-seven variety of complexions who are… — Mary Church Terrell Copy Share Image
“I had declared in public my desire to be a writer ... I wanted to develop a curiosity that was oceanic and… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“word ‘dream’ in the English language, or its equivalent in other languages, is probably one of the most familiar words in our… — Michael Sheridan Copy Share Image
Grace has to be the loveliest word in the English language. It embodies almost every attractive quality we hope to find in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We the undersigned, intend to establish an instruction and training institution which differs from the common elementary schools principally in that it… — C. F. W. Walther Copy Share Image
“I remember when your name was just another name that rolled without thought off my tongue. Now, I can’t look at your… — Jamie Weise Copy Share Image
“The English language [during the Elizabethan era] wasn't standardized. There were no official dictionaries. There was no cultural belief that words should… — Bayard Louis Copy Share Image
“Next week is Beltane,” she reminded him. “Do you suppose we will make it through the wedding this time?” “Not if Gideon… — Jacquelyn Frank Copy Share Image
“I personally have a cunt. Sometimes it's 'flaps' or 'twat', but most of the time, it's my cunt. Cunt is a proper,… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
“All Indo-European languages have the capacity to form compounds. Indeed, German and Dutch do it, one might say, to excess. But English… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
To get rid of the infatuation for English is one of the essentials of Swaraj. — Mahatma Gandhi 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
The English language is more complex than calculus because numbers don't have nuances. — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image