“My goal is to act as a faithful interpreter, preserving as much of the original's nuances of meaning as possible without embellishment… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
Words, English words, are full of echoes, of memories, of associations. They have been out and about, on people's lips, in their… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“When it first appeared in the language in the early seventeenth century, affiliate meant ‘to adopt a child’ – or, as the… — Paul Anthony Jones Copy Share Image
Impossible isn't found in the dictionary, at least in mine. When trying to define it, I couldn't find a meaning more expressive… — Aiman N Copy Share Image
Most of us would be upset if we were accused of being "silly." But the word "silly" comes from the old English… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
“They then named one day after the Moon and another after the Sun, giving them a seven-day week. Seven was regarded as… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
When I was quite young I fondly imagined that all foreign languages were codes for English. I thought that "hat," say, was… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Of all the words in all languages I know, the greatest concentration is in the English word I. — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
In the year 1090, there was founded in Persia the religious and military order of the Assassins, whose history is one of… — Harry J. Anslinger Copy Share Image
Every free minute away from dance (my main focus) I was memorizing new English words, either showering, walking or on the toilet.… — Li Cunxin Copy Share Image
“You English words? I know you: You are light as dreams, Tough as oak, Precious as gold, As poppies and corn, Or… — Edward Thomas Copy Share Image
The purpose of life is to be beautiful, to be bountiful, to be blissful, to be graceful and grateful. What a wonderful… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
A US Border Patrol Agent catches an illegal alien in the bushes right by the border fence, he pulls him out and… — Tamika-leeigh Copy Share Image
Fair play is an English word. It is not a French word, and it has been copied all over the world. Unfortunately,… — Arsene Wenger Copy Share Image
The word coach comes from the old English word coach, which was a vehicle, a carriage that took royalty or very important… — Timothy Gallwey Copy Share Image
“85 percent of the 30,000 Anglo-Saxon words died out under the influence of the Danes and Normans. That means that only about… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Some of the substance of English words, I just don't understand at all because the culture's so strange to me — Chow Yun-Fat Copy Share Image
“Genie In 1970 a child called Genie was admitted to a children’s hospital in Los Angeles. She was thirteen years old and… — George Yule / جورج یول Copy Share Image
I have this little thing that people call Keegan-ese, where I don't speak English words at all. I just say stuff like,… — Keegan-Michael Key Copy Share Image
There was an agitation against Mumbai Express: because part of it is an English word. There is no Tamil word for Mumbai… — Kamal Haasan Copy Share Image
“We bless the ice, then we just have to somehow get all hundred or so of those monsters to go lick the… — David Wong Copy Share Image
“I've just come to my room, Livy darling, I guess this was the memorable night of my life. By George, I never… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The truth about idiocy... is that it is at once an ethical and cognitive failure... The Greek idios means 'private,' and idiotes… — Matthew B. Crawford Copy Share Image
It is my great good luck the words I use are English words, which means I live in a very old nation… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
