Quote by Alan Jay Lerner

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

— M.F. Moonzajer

“Professor Henry Higgins: Oh, Pickering, for God's sake stop being dashed and do something! ”

— George Bernard Shaw

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

— Minae Mizumura

“Don't fuck with an English major. They keep lots of useless crap trapped in their heads. Once in a while they let some of…

— P.C. Cast

“Do not follow your present course. It is a dead end. The dead end of the perfect English gentleman.”

— Guy Vanderhaeghe

“Learning English was like lifting a veil, one which would be, he'd learn, impossible to fully restore.”

— Glenn Diaz

“The moment one learns English, complications set in.”

— Felipe Alfau

“Indeed, in many respects, she was quite English, and was an excellent example of the fact that we have really everything in common with…

— Oscar Wilde

“Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unheard of things with it.”

— Chinua Achebe

“The English intellect is sound, so far as it goes,but it has one grave defect--it is always cautious in the wrong place.”

— Wilkie Collins

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

— Stuart Hall

“If we should be worrying about anything to do with the future of English, it should not be that the various strands will drift…

— Bill Bryson