We all live in a small unique world, that's why we need at least one sole common language. — William C. Brown Copy Share Image
The N-word is one of the most contentious words in the English language. — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
The three most dreaded words in the English language are 'negative cash flow'. — David Tang Copy Share Image
Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
Christopher Hitchens is the greatest living essayist in the English language. — Christopher Buckley Copy Share Image
What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love poetry in the English language to a… — Stephen Greenblatt 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
I love John Ashbery. He's the - really the poet laureate of English language poetry, whether he's given that or not, he… — Jim Jarmusch 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
Even though many Indians can read or speak English, for most, it is not their first language. At the office, we speak… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
It is derogatory to the dignity of mankind, it is derogatory to the dignity of India, to entertain for one single moment… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
I've made a dog's breakfast of English history, geography, 'King Lear,' and the English language in general. — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
The First Amendment...begins with the five loveliest words in the English language: 'Congress shall make no law'. — George Will Copy Share Image
With the requests of some he complied, and has published a discourse, delivered before the Society for recovering drowned persons, which may… — John Strachan Copy Share Image
“There were no words in the English language to describe how much life it sucked out of a person—how it still hurt,… — Rachel Van Dyken Copy Share Image
The English language started out as a distortion in my life, but nothing remains the same, and so the distortion is now… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
“Baseball. If there's a more beautiful word in the English language. I have yet to hear it…baseball has served as such a… — Tim Russert Copy Share Image
Artists are perennially implored to consider 'the limitations of the medium.' Whoever invented this expression exaggerated the limitations of the English language.… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
In October 1920 I went to Leeds as Reader in English Language, with a free commission to develop the linguistic side of… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
The other day, I was taking part in an audience Q&A when I was roundly scolded by a woman for 'allowing the… — Sandi Toksvig Copy Share Image
“I knew global warming was killing polar bears, the Chinese population blew past one billion several years ago, and rhythms was the… — Camille Pagán Copy Share Image
The lyrics are not an important thing to me. In fact, it can be a distraction. If I knew the language enough… — Alan Bishop Copy Share Image
“It is noted that from 1967 to 1995 essays on negative emotions far outnumbered those on positive emotions in the psychological literature.… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
I think of myself primarily as a reader, then also a writer, but that's more or less irrelevant. I think I'm a… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“who can stand toe-to-toe with the best and brightest of the secular world, either in person or online, and swell Catholic hearts… — Robert Barron Copy Share Image
“[John Clare's] father was a casual farm labourer, his family never more than a few days' wages from the poorhouse. Clare himself,… — George Monbiot 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 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
“Ultimately, the main reasons why I will be chubby for life are (1) I have virtually no hobbies except dieting. I can’t… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
The British power is the overlord without whom Indian princes cannot breathe. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Love is the most important word in the English language--and the most confusing.” — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
I think yes is the most beautiful and necessary word in the English language. — Sally Potter Copy Share Image
Oh, God, I don't know what's more difficult, life or the English language. — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
FEAR is an acronym in the English language for 'False Evidence Appearing Real'. — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
Most Englishmen are convinced that God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton. — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image