I worked in a bookstore in Oslo, importing the English-language books. — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
It is terrible to see someone being beaten up by the English language. — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Introducing 'Lite': the new way to spell 'Light'; but with twenty per cent fewer letters. — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
No' is the second shortest word in the English language, but one of the hardest to say. — Raymond Arroyo Copy Share Image
Most Englishmen are convinced that God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton. — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
“The two more useless words in the English language - Don't worry.” — Mary Higgins Clark Copy Share Image
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
“This famous linguist once said that of all the phrases in the English language, of all the endless combinations of words in… — Donnie Darko Copy Share Image
“Good exercise,' aka the actual worst phrase in the English language next to 'wake up' and 'all the eggs are gone.” — Francesca Zappia Copy Share Image
My favorite three words in the English language are: ’I don’t know’, because every time I say them, I learn something new. — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
Just heard the best word in the English language: benign. (And I don't need to see that doctor again for five years.) — Jeff Jarvis Copy Share Image
When the American people get through with the English language, it will look as if it had been run over by a… — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
I believe we are being dishonest with language minority groups if we tell them they can take full part in American life… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
“I love the English language, playing with words, watching sentences fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle,” — Jane Green Copy Share Image
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib. — Robert Burchfield Copy Share Image
“The English language is shot through with idioms and expressions which allude to violence without inciting it, most of which pass without… — Geoffrey Nunberg Copy Share Image
I've been in New York only a few days and I have learned only two words of your language: one is Swell,… — Vicki Baum Copy Share Image
The English language has 112 words for deception, according to one count, each with a different shade of meaning: collusion, fakery, malingering,… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
I think the most dangerous word in the English language is 'should.' 'I should have done this.' Or 'I should do that.'… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn't just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
I don't procrastinate because I love the English language and the process of storytelling, and I'm always curious to see what will… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
What the semicolon's anxious supporters fret about is the tendency of contemporary writers to use a dash instead of a semicolon and… — Lynne Truss Copy Share Image
The illuminated ones can take any form -- a man, a woman, a child, an elder, or even a dog. It is… — Jean Houston Copy Share Image
The worst of this sorry bunch of semi-educated losers are those who seem to glory in being irritated by nouns becoming verbs.… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“I know your head aches. I know you're tired. I know your nerves are as raw as meat in a butcher's window.… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
If there is one sweeping generalization I can make without fear of contradiction, it is that 'change' is the scariest word in… — Susan Forward Copy Share Image
“ Every person of intelligence should be able to use his mother tongue correctly . It only requires a little pains, a… — Joseph Devlin 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
“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
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
“Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745) was an Irish cleric, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for Whigs then for… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.” — Doug Larsen Copy Share Image
FEAR is an acronym in the English language for 'False Evidence Appearing Real'. — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
“Five of the most exciting words in the English language: "What shall I read next?” — Jason Erik Lundberg Copy Share Image
The Britisher is the top dog and the Indian the underdog in his own country. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
