Advantage Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

I don't feel I have an issue with listening or understanding English in any sort of way.

— Susanne Bier

I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be…

— Sting

I will not allow my daughters to learn foreign languages because one tongue is sufficient for a woman.

— John Milton

Sometimes people have a difficult time understanding my English.

— Julio Iglesias

When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing.

— Kristin Scott Thomas

I was a terrible English student.

— Leon Uris

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.

— P. D. James

Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among the English.

— Alfred de Musset

I have already taken English lessons in the past because my sister has lived in England for several years and her husband is English.

— Edouard Mendy

I was brought up by the English side of my family, who are very repressed and working class. Absolutely lovely, but very English.

— Bat for Lashes

Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.

— Abbie Hoffman

My father and he had cemented one of those English friendships which begin by avoiding intimacies and eventually eliminate speech altogether.

— Jorge Luis Borges