Expressive Quote by Ha Jin

A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread.

— David Crystal

English is the largest of human tongues, with several times the vocabulary of the second largest language -- this alone made it inevitable that…

— Robert A. Heinlein

English is a very expressive language.

— Ken Watanabe

The American language differs from the English in that it seeks the top of expression while English seeks its lowly valleys.

— Salvador de Madariaga

“We think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think of English as a child. We love…

— Kory Stamper

“There is nothing intrinsic in the English language that made it attain such prominence. It is far from easy to learn. (A recent study…

— Minae Mizumura

Of course, English is a very powerful language, a colonizer's language and a gift to a writer. English has destroyed and sucked up the…

— Louise Erdrich

Much of the rest of the world has already learned some English. They pretty much understand the American way of doing things, because our…

— Bill Vaughan

Standard English is very imperialistic, controlled, and precise; it's not got a lot of funk or soul to it.

— Irvine Welsh

English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries…

— Zadie Smith

The air of the English is down-to-earth. They care about details; there's a tradition, but there's also a counter-culture: the younger generation versus the…

— Tadashi Yanai

The conventionality of the English is something I find unattractive - the whole lack of joy in the physical.

— Denholm Elliott