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251 English Language quotes by 218 unique authors

If only…the saddest words in the English language. — Kristan Higgins
Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square. — Alex Cox
Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected… — Alex Cox
The English language is an arsenal of weapons. If you are going to brandish them without checking to see whether or not they are loaded,… — Stephen Fry
The illuminated ones can take any form -- a man, a woman, a child, an elder, or even a dog. It is not inconsequential that… — Jean Houston
The most disgusting four letter word in the English language is 'cage'. — Philip Wollen
When animals do something noble we say they are behaving ‘like humans’. When humans do something disgusting we say they are behaving ‘like animals’. Clumsy… — Philip Wollen
At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of… — Lafcadio Hearn
Probably no theologian in English language has ever rivaled Owen stressing the absolute centrality of Christ's penal substitution and therefore his as Priest. . .… — Sinclair B. Ferguson
While he has not, in my hearing, spoken the English language, he makes it perfectly plain that he understands it. And he uses his ears,… — Jean Little
In #‎ France we have a saying, 'Joie de Vivre,' which actually doesn't exist in the English language. It means looking at your life as… — Mireille Guiliano
The most important word in the English language is hope. — Eleanor Roosevelt
My favorite three words in the English language are: ’I don’t know’, because every time I say them, I learn something new. — Timothy Leary
Courage, the original definition of courage, when it first came into the English language - it's from the Latin word cor, meaning heart - and… — BrenÃ© Brown
The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. It meant the very first or prior thing. It stayed singular… — Greg McKeown
Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. He's always been there. I can't remember starting… — Jamie Campbell Bower
Put your trust in god are the most dangerous words in the English language. — Hemant Mehta
We the undersigned, intend to establish an instruction and training institution which differs from the common elementary schools principally in that it will embrace, outside… — C. F. W. Walther
First of all, there was a volcano of words, an eruption of words that Shakespeare had never used before that had never been used in… — Stephen Greenblatt
... in the nineteen-thirties ... the most casual reader of murder mysteries could infallibly detect the villain, as soon as there entered a character who… — Ellen Glasgow
A being who can create a race of men devoid of real freedom and inevitably foredoomed to be sinners, and then punish them for being… — John Stuart Mill
English literature is a glorious inheritance which is open to all - there are no barriers, no coupons, and no restrictions. In the English language… — Winston Churchill
The English language is like a broad river on whose bank a few patient anglers are sitting, while, higher up, the stream is being polluted… — Cyril Connolly
He is, I think, already pondering a magisterial project: that of buggering the English language, the ultimate revenge of the colonialised. — Angela Carter
Give your children regular, daily doses of Vitamin N. This vital nutrient consists simply of the most character-building two-letter word in the English language No...Unfortunately,… — John Rosemond

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