English language Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

There is no question of the government or myself attaching less importance to the use of English.

— Carrie Lam

Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to…

— George Orwell

These examples of the lack of simplicity in English and French, all appearances to the contrary, could be multiplied almost without limit and apply…

— Edward Sapir

One of the drawbacks of English is you can't spell things by hearing them.

— Bill Nye

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

Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use.

— Samuel Butler

Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally…

— George Orwell

If the English educated neglect, as they have done and even now continue, as some do, to be ignorant of their mother tongue, linguistic…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Words are useless, especially sentences.

— Madonna Ciccone

Those who sniff decay in every shift of sense or alteration of usage do the language no service. Too often for such people the…

— Bill Bryson

“Standard English is a convenient abstraction, like the average man.”

— George Leslie Brook

Oh my God, my English is the worst!

— Rosalia