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English Language Quotes by Stephen Greenblatt
- 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…
- What we know is that Shakespeare wrote perhaps the most remarkable body of passionate love poetry in the English language to a young man.
More English Language Quotes
- High thoughts must have high language. — Aristophanes
- We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. — Abigail Adams
- I'm very sensitive to the English language. I studied the dictionary obsessively when I was a kid and collect old dictionaries. Words,… — Drew Barrymore
- Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing. — Robert Benchley
- Like, What is the least often heard sentence in the English language? That would be: Say, isn't that the banjo player's Porsche… — Jackson Browne
- Second-generation Hispanics marry non-Hispanics at a higher rate than second-generation Irish or Italians. Second-generation Hispanics' English language capability rates are higher than… — Jeb Bush
- The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor. — Samuel Butler
- My least favorite phrase in the English language is 'I don't care.' — James Caan
- I'm one of those people that feels that Americans that shouldn't do Shakespeare... The rhythms of the English language and the mannerisms… — Nicolas Cage
- 'I am' is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that 'I do' is the longest sentence? — George Carlin
- Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good… — Thomas Carlyle
- The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred… — Gilbert K. Chesterton