The English may love gardening and fishing, but they have never struck me as being close to nature. Their way of expression… — Denholm Elliott Copy Share Image
The English reputation for humour is a way by which people avoid revealing themselves and have superficial relationships, so that you can… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
Middle English is an exciting field - almost uncharted, I begin to think, because as soon as one turns detailed personal attention… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“Don't fuck with an English major. They keep lots of useless crap trapped in their heads. Once in a while they let… — P.C. Cast Copy Share Image
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, my wife speaks five languages: Russian, English, French, Italian and, out of self-defense, Spanish. I watched her… — Cheech Marin Copy Share Image
The French are always reticent to surrender to the wishes of their friends and always more than willing to surrender to the… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
The English have always been greedy for news of times past, with that mixture of fatalism and melancholy which is part of… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
I have long been interested in landscape history, and when younger and more robust I used to do much tramping of the… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
English language is the most universal language in history, way more than the Latin of Julius Caesar. It's the most punderful language… — Richard Lederer Copy Share Image
People think of black English as ungrammatical, but it bears the same relationship to standard English as contemporary Hebrew does to ancient… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The Essentials of English, book of choice of the older boys at St. Faith’s for spanking the younger boys with, leaving a… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety.… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The British are much more cynical and regard the idea of a Globe reconstruction as an Elizabethan Disneyland. But the Americans have… — Sam Wanamaker Copy Share Image
They make other nations seem pale and flighty, But they do think England is God almighty, And you must remind them now… — Alice Duer Miller Copy Share Image
It's an often-asked question, 'Why did all these spotty white English boys suddenly start playing blues in the '60s?' It was recognized… — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
As regards literary culture, it fascinates me that it has been so resilient to the Union. For example, when T.S. Eliot wanted… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We… — James D. Nicoll Copy Share Image
For English assignments I was constantly coming up with these strange adventure stories... But I actually wanted to be an artist, or… — Paul Kane Copy Share Image
Afrikaans is my first language, although you would never know, as my English accent has more of an American-British thing going on… — Tanit Phoenix Copy Share Image
The English mind is intelligent rather than intellectual. The French are intellectual in the sense that the intellect is emancipated and left… — Ralph Barton Perry Copy Share Image
I do revel slightly in the fact that I am what I am - an English, middle-class, public-school-educated bloke. There is a… — Elliot Cowan Copy Share Image
I don't hate language. I have my own language, but I also enjoy the English language. Obviously, you don't read a lot… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
My breakfast consists of two cappuccinos and maybe a toasted English muffin, and that's pretty much it for me unless I decide… — Kyle MacLachlan Copy Share Image
Everyone tells me I have a funny accent. It's because I copy people. I learned English at school but have best friends… — Caroline Winberg Copy Share Image
The French are a tremendously verbal race: they kill you with their assurances, their repetitions, their reasons, their platitudes, their formulae, their… — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
My mother always spoke to me in English, so it's technically my maternal language, and it became a kind of private language… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
I understood that without English I would never get far, so my dream was to become a receptionist, and so I started… — Anchee Min Copy Share Image
“...you know as well as I do that, individually, the English are very estimable and frequently generous, but that, once banded together… — Maurice Dekobra Copy Share Image
In England, gossiping is not as commonplace or even celebrated as much as it is in Latino culture. But it is not… — Perez Hilton Copy Share Image
“I'm a writer to the bone. I love this language you and I read, write and speak. It's called English. And I'm… — Ann Medlock Copy Share Image
Pre-'Tokyo Drift,' I was like: 'Am I gonna play Yakuza #1 and Chinese Waiter #2 for the rest of my life? Is… — Sung Kang Copy Share Image
My shirt and my hat always say 'World Champion' in some language. English, Spanish, Chinese, 'Star Wars' language, which is also known… — Judah Friedlander Copy Share Image
“विपद: सन्तु ता: शश्वत्तत्र तत्र जगद्गुरो। भवतो दर्शनं यत्स्यादपुनर्भवदर्शनम्॥८॥ Master of Universe I pray for calamities, So I do remember You ever… — Munindra Misra Copy Share Image
“I was sent to a school with bosses for teachers- no Twain, only cane; check your dick you harry, no Dickens either,… — Aporva Kala Copy Share Image
They're very harsh people, the British: hard to impress, very tough on each other, but I rather like that. It's not that… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll go by and there are a couple of swans, the next day it's a few ducks. I'd like to stop… — Graeme Le Saux Copy Share Image
The British people are extremely conventional. You don't always know what one is thinking or feeling because it is basically hidden. The… — Tina Turner Copy Share Image
“It may be a silly way, but if you remember that an owl looks like ʌ(OO)ʌ, it will perhaps help you remember… — Jakub Marian Copy Share Image
You could imagine a language exactly like English except it doesn't have connectives like 'and' that allow you to make longer expressions.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“As she glanced down at the great distance to the ground below, she whispered in his ear, "You have obviously taken the… — Leigh Ann Edwards Copy Share Image
