English Quotes · Page 26

Oh, yes, I taught 13 and a half years. I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro…

— Elizabeth George

The Americans, like the English, probably make love worse than any other race.

— Walt Whitman

English is the result of Norman men-at-arms attempting to pick up Saxon barmaids and is no more legitimate than any of the…

— H. Beam Piper

I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif.

— Elizabeth George

The sentiment of national honor is never more than half extinguished in the French. It takes only a spark to re-kindle it.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

France has long been regarded as the most adept at stealing trade secrets.

— Neil Macdonald

“English is becoming a universal language such as humans have never had before.”

— Minae Mizumura

A French traveler with a sore throat is a wonderful thing to behold, but it takes more than tonsillitis to prevent a…

— Paul Theroux

It's so English to hate L.A. I'd like to say I love it, but I don't. It's such a weird place. If…

— Amelia Warner

America has had an influence on me, as has going out with a Cuban-American guy and having lots of American friends. But…

— Lily Cole

“English is the language through which I reach hearts from various corners of the world. English is the language through which I…

— Abhijit Naskar

I didn't fit the typical profile of a trader. I was an English major working on a novel at night. Most everyone…

— Philipp Meyer

What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every…

— Aaron Swartz

I had always looked down on sociology as this arriviste discipline. It didn't have the noble history of English and history as…

— Tom Wolfe

Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and…

— Geoffrey Canada

English banjo players really were a law unto themselves - you don't find that kind of brisk banjo playing on the original…

— Pete Townshend

Writing about our gods in English is unnatural, but I believe language is just a carrier - a means to an end.

— Amish Tripathi

As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later

— Alistair Cooke

Italian is the language of song. German is good for philosophy and English for poetry. French is best at precision; it has…

— Maurice Druon

We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they're so rude.

— Douglas Coupland

I think, generally, British people are more culturally cynical about the things that involve our own country. Especially the royals.

— Claire Foy

There is no pleasing New Englanders, my dear, their soil is all rocks and their hearts are bloodless absolutes.

— John Updike

“English is not merely a language anymore; it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the…

— M.F. Moonzajer

If England was what England seems, And not the England of our dreams; But only putty, brass, and paint, 'Ow we'd chuck…

— Rudyard Kipling

I don't like being flattered. It doesn't suit my English sensibilities. Remember, we are the great country of understatement.

— Martin Parr

There are very few movies in English about romantic obsession told with a seriousness of purpose.

— James Gray

I think it has to do with the English mentality, we've always been wary of people with talent, we prefer people who…

— Matt Le Tissier

We don't bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we don't dress well and we've no manners.

— George Bernard Shaw

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

— George Bernard Shaw

As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history.

— Nathaniel Philbrick

We're in a long line of English people pretending to be Americans and not being as good as Americans.

— Winston Marshall

The difficulty that many foreign authors face in having their works translated into English has effects far beyond the United States.

— Stephen Kinzer

I write in English. My first album came out in Italy, and I toured and did gigs.

— Violante Placido

The English are, I think the most obtuse and barbarous people in the world

— Stendhal

I've always appreciated English football and the Premier League, I've always liked it.

— Pavel Nedved

To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all.

— Randall Jarrell

“Love is simple, if you allow it to be simple." Julian to Hannah, Take A Chance”

— Alison Wong

The English were notoriously unenthusiastic about burning witches. I suppose ours were too soggy.

— Terry Pratchett

I have had some problems because the French don't like people to have success, they don't like the number one.

— Alain Prost

I actually speak fluent English and Spanish and... I dabble in a couple of languages, but I'm not fluent in German, Russian…

— Cote de Pablo