English Quotes · Page 28

We have hated the French for years. Now you have just joined the club. It makes you much more likable.

— Simon Cowell

“They're from France, Ruby said, Vogue magazine. They only speak French except for fuck you.”

— Tom Spanbauer

Between 1910 and 1950 approximately 350 lives of Jesus were published in the English language alone.

— John Clayton

England is a country where people stay exactly as they are. The soul does not receive the slightest jolt.

— Natalia Ginzburg

“If countries were named after the words you first hear when you go there, England would have to be called "Damn It".”

— Anonymous

No, I didn't forget Samoan - I understand it when you talk to me but, you know, to put phrases together I…

— Junior Seau

Usually, English personalities are difficult; they dont take criticism easily.

— Natalia Makarova

I love English girls! I adore all their different accents. Who knows, I could find a British girlfriend on my travels!

— Austin Butler

“Peter held up the book he had been reading: 'Moby-Dick; or, The Whale'. "To tell you the truth, I'm not even sure…

— Justin Cronin

I love mystery novels... I love seeing the dramas played out in academic departments, particularly English departments. I started reading these when…

— Natasha Trethewey

After I'd been in college for a couple years I'd read Shakespeare and Frost and Chaucer and the poets of the Harlem…

— Patrick Rothfuss

'English Rose' - what does that actually mean? That I am pale? That I am English, maybe? They are going to say…

— Rachel Hurd-Wood

“It's all about the "French Paradox," that much-publicized puzzle of how French people eat all that fatty food and drink tons of…

— Julie Powell

I know all about you. You're the people waiting on the shoreline with the warm towels and the hot chocolate after the…

— Gwen Moore

“She would speak her story in Spanish and la señora Maureen would tell hers in English; it was obvious to her that…

— Héctor Tobar

Had I not gone to Japan in 1986, had I stayed home and majored in English literature as I'd intended to do,…

— John Burnham Schwartz

Oh England is a pleasant place for them that's rich and high, But England is a cruel place for such poor folks…

— Charles Kingsley

Without the English, reason and philosophy would still be in the most despicable infancy in France.

— John Dewey

“e,x: there were no two letters in all english or mathematics that were more baeutiful”

— Lauren Kunze

Brits are very, very expressive, whereas the Soviet and Eastern European way is much more stern, stone-faced. Vladimir Putin-esque in some way.

— Johan Renck

“Delight is délice, délit is a misdemeanour' 'Well, it's bloody close...' 'Well, they often are…”

— Alan Hollinghurst

The English are such a frightened, nervous, insecure group of people - they no longer rule the world!

— Terry Gilliam

It {France} may be the only country in the world where the rich are sometimes brilliant.

— Lillian Hellman

When I was teaching English and trying to get kids passionate about reading, the most effective weapon I had was 'The Martian…

— Jack McDevitt

“There is no understanding Englishness without understanding its imperial and colonial dimensions.”

— Stuart Hall

I was born here in the States. I moved to Portugal when I was five. And then my parents put me in…

— Daniela Ruah

They're very nationalistic the French - or they used to be. Very insular. Pretty arrogant.

— Arthur Boyd

The English are laidback, comfortable socially, and getting along is easy.

— Eoin Morgan

I always knew the French had a penchant for criticism and abstract thought. Usually, that just meant they complained a lot.

— Pamela Druckerman

“I'm English. We're about as tactful as a hot poker up the bum, most of the time.”

— L.H. Thomson

I love New York, but I have to admit that I feel very English, and I do miss that sense of history…

— Charlie Cox

“The manner in which the exclusionary nature of the English language is used in knowledge prodution separates us as humans.”

— Malebo Sephodi

The Australian fans are really friendly and personable; the sense of humour is a lot less dry than the English.

— Tom Hopper

English country life is more like Chekhov than 'The Archers' or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is…

— Jane Gardam

All the women in my life have been librarians, English teachers and book sellers.

— Ray Bradbury

The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner.

— Margaret Halsey

It is difficult to admonish Frenchmen. Their habit of mind is unfavorable to preachment.

— Agnes Repplier

Old England is our home, and Englishmen are we; Our tongue is known in every clime, our flag in every sea.

— Mary Howitt

Only in the English countryside could violent death remain something that is 'cosy.'

— Liz Williams

You can always buy something in English, you can't always sell something in English.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter