We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
Two of the saddest words in the English language are, 'What party?' And L.A. is the 'What party?' capital of the world. — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
I studied English at the College of Wooster in Ohio, and I did an M.F.A. in Poetry at Columbia. — David Means Copy Share Image
As a little girl living in the English countryside, I used to go running around in the forests, creating my own fairy… — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
Be happy, be proud, be generous, be respectful, be proud to be French citizens. — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
Our government should speak a common language with the American people - plain English. — Alan Siegel Copy Share Image
“I had long since realised that if there was greatness in Britain, then it lay in its everyday citizens, and not in… — Nikesh Shukla Copy Share Image
People in Britain see Richard Quest as a kind of an offensive cartoon character. — John Oliver Copy Share Image
'Marielena' was a wonderful experience that so many people still remember today. It challenged me to practice my Spanish. Having been born… — Maria Canals Barrera Copy Share Image
Objections to verbification in English tend to be motivated by personal taste, not clarity. Verbed words are usually easily understood. When a… — Erin McKean Copy Share Image
The English tradition offers the great tapestry novel, where you have the emotional aspect of a detective's personal life, the circumstances of… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
The truth is that I've always wanted to be an actor, ever since I was a child. I used to see these… — Randeep Hooda Copy Share Image
“The trouble with England, he thinks, is that it's so poor in gesture. We shall have to develop a hand signal for… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“I still have enough faith in language to believe that if I place enough words next to each other on the page,… — Dexter Palmer Copy Share Image
My early wounds were the English school system among other things. It wasn't merely the discipline, it was the ways in which… — George Woodcock Copy Share Image
I remember when I got my first opportunity to work in America, I didn't speak a lot of English, so I only… — Penelope Cruz Copy Share Image
If you would have asked me what I thought of America before I came over here I would have used the word… — Simon Cowell Copy Share Image
I remember, the first time I came to the United States in 1996, I didn't speak a word of English at the… — Juanes Copy Share Image
England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality. In left-wing circles it is always felt… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“ Every person of intelligence should be able to use his mother tongue correctly . It only requires a little pains, a… — Joseph Devlin Copy Share Image
“Finally, I would like to point out that now in the age of English, choosing a language policy is not the exclusive… — Minae Mizumura Copy Share Image
My mother had been an English teacher in India before she came to the U.K., and she taught me to read early… — Sanjeev Bhaskar Copy Share Image
The larger an English industry was, the more likely it was to go bankrupt, because the English were not naturally corporate people;… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
“...[G]reat progress was evident in the last Congress of the American 'Labour Union' in that among other things, it treated working women… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image