Abolish Quote by Graham Robb

“highly codified and formal foreign language known as French – a language which, according to many French-speakers, almost no one speaks correctly. In the…

— Graham Robb

The top 10 verbs in the English language are all irregular, even though irregular verbs make up only 3 per cent of the language.

— Erez Lieberman Aiden

You wouldn't believe the kind of hate mail I get about my work on irregular verbs.

— Steven Pinker

There's nothing quite like a Scotch education. One is left with an irreparable debt. My head is full of irregular verbs still.

— Ivor Cutler

I spent 20 years doing research on regular and irregular verbs, not because I'm an obsessive language lover but because it seemed to me…

— Steven Pinker

Human relations are like the irregular verbs in a number of languages where nearly all verbs are irregular.

— Soren Kierkegaard

There are bills to be paid, machines to keep in repair, Irregular verbs to learn, the Time Being to redeem From insignificance.

— W. H. Auden

“I have these worksheets. They're great for the irregular verbs..." "Not today." He shot me a look and kept shuffling papers. "Okay," I said.…

— Melissa Jensen

You get the feeling that many of my guests feel that the French language gives them entry into a more cultivated, more intelligent world,…

— Bernard Pivot

French was the only language we had in common, and even that was like a dialect we had picked up at a rummage sale,…

— Patricia Hampl

“Proximity to this death makes me nostalgic for the French language.”

— Henri Cole

Because French is the language of love, my boy. Something you should keep in mind, but will soon forget.

— William W. Johnstone