English Major Quotes

27 English Major quotes by 25 unique authors

• The number one secret of being a successful writer is this: marry an English major. — Stephen Ambrose
• I am an English major in school with an emphasis in creative writing. I think hearing Maya Angelou speak at school last year was one… — Fred Savage
• Absolutely, but let me qualify that-I consider myself an authentic feminist. Not as defined by the modern movement. And, let me clarify that a little… — Christine O'Donnell
• I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years. — Jennifer Weiner
• Being an English major prepares you for impersonating authority. — Garrison Keillor
• I had higher math SATs than in English - yet I became an English major in college. — Christie Hefner
• I did try to go to college and try to be an English major. — Hamish Linklater
• We English majors...need to promote public libraries as a tool in the war against terror. How many readers of Edith Wharton have engaged in terroristic… — Garrison Keillor
• I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On the basis of… — Garrison Keillor
• I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities. — Sue Grafton
• Finding a technical cofounder would have been difficult for me. I was an English major and didn't know any computer programmers. — Jessica Livingston
• There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who… — David Brin
• I was an English major in college! — Maggie Siff
• I was an English major, so I love discussing possibilities and alternate theories. — William Mapother
• I was an English major. — Jenna Bush
• I was an English major in college, though I ended up getting my degree in "General Stduies" because my grades were too bad to qualify… — Josh Lieb
• I was an English major at UCLA when I was 18, and then I left after a year to start acting. I was educating myself… — James Franco
• I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three years. — Elizabeth Edwards
• I do tend to be an analyzer. I'm an old English major from way back, so I do have fun tearing apart texts and trying… — Cynthia Nixon
• I read good. I was an English major. — P.J. O'Rourke
• I didn't know shorthand either. This meant I couldn't get a good job after college. My mother kept telling me nobody wanted a plain English… — Sylvia Plath
• She'd become an English major for the purest and dullest of reasons: because she loved to read. — Jeffrey Eugenides
• In the beginning of college I wanted to be an English major, but then I became interested in international relations. — Nick McDonell
• As a former English major, I have always been fascinated by the connections between literature and history. — Nathaniel Philbrick
• I used to write a lot of songs. I was an English major in college. I was a deluded poet for a year. Totally deluded. — Paul Dano

Who Wrote These English Major Quotes

25 authors contributed a total of 27 English Major Quotes as follows:

• 3 English Major Quotes by Garrison Keillor
• 1 English Major Quote by William Mapother
• 1 English Major Quote by Sylvia Plath
• 1 English Major Quote by Sue Grafton
• 1 English Major Quote by Stephen Ambrose
• 1 English Major Quote by Paul Dano
• 1 English Major Quote by P.J. O'Rourke
• 1 English Major Quote by Nick McDonell
• 1 English Major Quote by Nathaniel Philbrick
• 1 English Major Quote by Michael Ealy
• 1 English Major Quote by Maggie Siff
• 1 English Major Quote by Josh Lieb
• 1 English Major Quote by Jessica Livingston
• 1 English Major Quote by Jennifer Weiner
• 1 English Major Quote by Jenna Bush
• 1 English Major Quote by Jeffrey Eugenides
• 1 English Major Quote by James Franco
• 1 English Major Quote by Hamish Linklater
• 1 English Major Quote by Fred Savage
• 1 English Major Quote by Elizabeth Edwards
• 1 English Major Quote by David Brin
• 1 English Major Quote by Cynthia Nixon
• 1 English Major Quote by Christine O'Donnell
• 1 English Major Quote by Christie Hefner
• 1 English Major Quote by Carrie Coon