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We only speak two languages here: English and profanity. — Kevin Constantine
He's one of those guys whose English gets worse every year. But as long as it doesn't affect his play, we're all right. — Unknown Author
There is a newly coined word in the English language for the moment when the person we're with whips out their BlackBerry or answers that… — Daniel Goleman
The only thing I'd rather own than Windows is English. Then I'd be able to charge you an upgrade fee every time I add new… — Scott McNealy
Cricket - a game which the English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity. — Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft
English Bohemianism is a curiously unluscious fruit. ... Inside this hothouse, huge lascivious orchids slide sensuously up the sweating windows, passion-flowers cross-pollinate in wild heliotrope… — Alan Coren
Saint George he was for England, And before he killed the dragon he drank a pint of English ale out of an English flagon. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Those who talk of the bible as a monument of English prose are merely admiring it as a monument over the grave of Christianity. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
It is a part of English hypocrisy or English reserve, that whilst we are fluent enough in grumbling about small inconveniences, we insist on making… — Max Beerbohm
'Refudiate,' 'misunderestimate,' 'wee-wee'd up.' English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!' — Sarah Palin
The English have a miraculous power of turning wine into water. — Oscar Wilde
When I first started writing, I was living in England and I had that uniquely English sense of sarcasm, which has definitely seemed to have… — Jane Green
Go anywhere in England where there are natural wholesome, contented and really nice English people; and what do you find? That the stables are the… — George Bernard Shaw
There is one thing on earth more terrible than English music, and that is English painting. — Heinrich Heine
The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they… — Ronald Reagan
We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields. But which are the best ones to start with? Many… — Alan Turing
FEAR is an acronym in the English language for 'False Evidence Appearing Real'. — Neale Donald Walsch
An English man does not travel to see English men. — Laurence Sterne
No one's going to be able to operate without a grounding in the basic sciences. Language would be helpful, although English is becoming increasingly international.… — Rupert Murdoch
My American strength coach said he liked me better before I could speak English. — Yao Ming
In nothing more is the English genius for domesticity more notably declared than in the institution of this festival-almost one may call it-of afternoon tea...the… — George Gissing
If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English. — Dan Castellaneta
Most of us would be upset if we were accused of being "silly." But the word "silly" comes from the old English word "selig," and… — Zig Ziglar
There was always a lot of American music in England until, obviously when the Beatles came around, then there was a shift towards English music,… — John Deacon
Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in America, has not… — George Bernard Shaw

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