Best English Language Quotes

251 English Language quotes by 218 unique authors

The English language is nobody's special property. — Derek Walcott
Every American child should grow up knowing a second language, preferably English. — Mignon McLaughlin
We do not for example say that the person has a perfect knowledge of some language L similar to English but still different from it.… — Noam Chomsky
The New Oxford Dictionary has declared Sarah Palin's word 'refudiate' to be the 2010 Word of the Year. Palin was honored and said she would… — Conan O'Brien
Congratulations, Congress! 77% disapproval rating! You may be about to become the English language's most offensive C-word. — John Oliver
Net neutrality: The only two words that promise more boredom in the English language are 'featuring Sting,' — John Oliver
There are people who look forward to spending their sunset years in the sunshine; it is my own retirement dream to await my death indoors,… — Sarah Vowell
There are no two words in the English language more harmful than good job, — J.K. Simmons
I'm talking to a journalist and I really have nothing to say anymore, this is already uncomfortable. I feel the pain coming already. The brutal… — Vincent Gallo
The four sweetest words in the English language — 'You wore me down.' — Aziz Ansari
The themes Poe used were universal and timeless. As long as the English language exists at all, we will be able to appreciate what he… — John Astin
The Divinity could be invoked as well in the English language as in the French. — Wilfrid Laurier
The most important words in the English language are not 'I love you' but 'it's benign.' — Woody Allen
The American idiom has much to offer us that the English language has never heard of — William Carlos Williams
You don’t have the slightest idea of what it means to write a scene and a character in the English language, with images and words… — Jonathan Lethem
I do not know if there is a more dreadful word in the English language than that word "lost." — Charles Spurgeon
I don't think there's any words in the English language to explain what it's -what it's like to- to sit on Texas death row and… — Unknown Author
Gunn would be an important figure-rewarding, delightful, accomplished, enduring-in the history of English-language poetry even were his life not as fascinating as it now seems;… — Stephen Burt
Myspace alone has just over 80 million users and ranks as the sixth most popular English language website and the eighth most popular site in… — Mike Fitzpatrick
Never use the word, 'very.' It is the weakest word in the English language; doesn't mean anything. If you feel the urge of 'very' coming… — William Allen White
You'll never make your mark as a writer unless you develop a respect for words and a curiosity about their shades of meaning that is… — William Zinsser
English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin, a language with… — Bill Bryson
Making English grammar conform to Latin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of football. — Bill Bryson
When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly, I think any fool can make a rule, and every… — Henry David Thoreau
We are in the process of making the English language gender-neutral, and manliness, the quality of one gender, or rather, of one sex, seems to… — Harvey Mansfield

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