I'd love to do something like 'A Canterbury Tale,' because I love the English language. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
Every American child should grow up knowing a second language, preferably English. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I worked in a bookstore in Oslo, importing the English-language books. — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
I refuse to put the unnecessary strain of learning English upon my sisters for the sake of false pride or questionable social… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I'm keen on making English language movies. English is still the global language and we can't change that. — Bruno Zheng Wu Copy Share Image
Summer afternoon...Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language. — Henry James Copy Share Image
Shakespeare's taught me that there are more words in the English language than I have got in my head. — Zoe Wanamaker Copy Share Image
Let us learn from the English rulers the simple fact that the oppressors are blind to the enormity of their own misdeeds. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“I cringed at the stupid 'b' word. Really, the English language is kind of limited in that department.” — C.M. Stunich Copy Share Image
Congratulations, Congress! 77% disapproval rating! You may be about to become the English language's most offensive C-word. — John Oliver Copy Share Image
English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin,… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
“I’m lecturing my class last week. In the English language, I tell them, a double negative forms a positive. However, in some… — William Alexander Copy Share Image
“She thought human thoughts and stone thoughts. The latter were slow, patchily coloured, textured and extreme, both hot and cold. They did… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was… — F. Murray Abraham Copy Share Image
“Forever is the most dizzying word in the English language. The idea of staying in one place forever was like standing at… — Emily St. John Mandel Copy Share Image
I love vocal music, but I've had a hard time understanding myself through the English language. So it just seemed to me… — Arca 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
America is not a nation of separation. All our citizens are Americans. The common denominator is our language. Our language is English.… — James Traficant Copy Share Image
After 'Othello,' it was, like, 'I can stop acting. I have played one of the great characters in the English language. I… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
“Murder: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines it as “the unlawful killing of one human being by another, especially… — Deborah Spungen Copy Share Image
Give your children regular, daily doses of Vitamin N. This vital nutrient consists simply of the most character-building two-letter word in the… — John Rosemond Copy Share Image
“Finally, I would like to point out that now in the age of English, choosing a language policy is not the exclusive… — Minae Mizumura Copy Share Image
In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“Nevertheless . . was a word, certainly, but much more than a word, it was a concept. "Nevertheless" was what you said… — Brunonia Barry Copy Share Image
I don't think it is always necessary to take up the anti-colonial -- or is it post-colonial? -- cudgels against English. What… — Salman Rushdie 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
The English language is so elastic that you can find another word to say the same thing. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The most disgusting four letter word in the English language is 'cage'. — Philip Wollen Copy Share Image
If a language is corruptible, then a constitution written in that language is corruptible. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
“The indictment introduced a new word to the English language – ‘genocide” — Ann Tusa Copy Share Image
