More than anything, being an English major made me more appreciative of authors and what an incredible feat it is to just… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
“I swear on Peter Stuyvesant’s peg leg that the country that became the U.S. bears a closer family resemblance to the devil-may-care… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
During his weekly address to the nation, President Obama discussed higher education and said, 'The most important skill you can sell is… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Not Shakespeare. In college I took a Shakespeare class because I was an English major, and they had a Summer program called… — Jenna Bush Copy Share Image
“An English major is like being in a book club that costs $40,000 a year, has only annoying people in it, offers… — Aaron Goldfarb Copy Share Image
“You’re an English major, aren't you?” “Hey!” Immediately retreating, Keith swatted at him with a dishcloth. “Leave my brain alone. It’s resting.”… — Matthew Haldeman-Time Copy Share Image
“YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO BE AN ENGLISH MAJOR, YOU DON’T NEED ANY SPECIAL TALENT, YOU JUST HAVE TO PAY… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“It was possible to explore the 'great tradition' of the English novel and believe that in doing so you were addressing questions… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“Before I met Maria, I was your basic craven hermit. I spent most of my time in my room, in love with… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“Professional wrestling is simply the most modern interpretation of an ancient tradition of stylized verbal battles between enemies. From the time that… — Elizabeth Hunter Copy Share Image
My roommate in college in Austin, Texas, was Wes Anderson. Wes always wanted to be a director. I was an English major… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
On behalf of the newspaper industry I wish to announce some changes we're making to serve you better. When I say 'serve… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
When I barely got into college, the one thing I could do was write, so I became an English major. — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college. — Christie Hefner Copy Share Image
I'm an old English major from way back, so I do have fun tearing apart texts and trying to find the hidden… — Cynthia Nixon Copy Share Image
“He's a cocky SOB. He knew the Nick Adams Stories. Probably a frustrated English major who graduated from college qualified to drive… — Peter Heller Copy Share Image
“I'm just God m'love, I'm just the English major. I don't know anything.” — Lloyd Dallas Copy Share Image
In the beginning of college I wanted to be an English major, but then I became interested in international relations. — Nick McDonell Copy Share Image
She'd become an English major for the purest and dullest of reasons: because she loved to read. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I was an English major in college, so I really liked spoken word and poetry; it was what I did before I… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
“lugging Norton anthologies all over campus like a good English major should. But then the twin towers fell, and a part of… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
I was an English major in college, I went to a creative-writing program, and all my life, I really read and thought… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
I honor English majors. It's a dumb thing to major in. It leads nowhere. It's good to be dumb, it allows us… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English major in college.… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
Maybe because I began as a writer, I have a good ear for dialogue, and maybe being an English major - and… — Owen Wilson Copy Share Image
I can be a bit of a science geek. I tend more towards reading about brain science, neuroscience. I was an English… — William Mapother Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I really wanted to be a writer and an artist when I grew up. So in college,… — Caterina Fake Copy Share Image
I didn't know shorthand either. This meant I couldn't get a good job after college. My mother kept telling me nobody wanted… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
As a former English major, I am a sitting duck for Gift Books, and in the past few years I've gotten Dickens,… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
“He wanted to know if the master sergeant had read Auden, the twentieth century's most influential Christian poet, "English majors in the… — Bob Shacochis Copy Share Image
“I had long ago learned that books are the best presents you can buy for a person--except me. I like toys. But… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
We English majors...need to promote public libraries as a tool in the war against terror. How many readers of Edith Wharton have… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
When I was in college I was an English major and my last year or so I tutored high school students in… — Michael Ealy Copy Share Image
The only reason I acted in school was because of the community. I was in the chorus of every play and was… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
“English majors want the joy of seeing the world through the eyes of people who—let us admit it—are more sensitive, more articulate,… — Mark Edmundson Copy Share Image
I used to write a lot of songs. I was an English major in college. I was a deluded poet for a… — Paul Dano Copy Share Image
