Country Quote by Peg Bracken

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are turned

— Quentin Crisp

Only it seems to me that once in your life before you die you ought to see a country where they don't talk in…

— Thornton Wilder

In certain places, not always, there are moments where I tried to convey in English a sense of foreignness. I wanted the reader to…

— Miroslav Penkov

It is always something special when you can talk with people from your country. It is always nice to hear advice in your own…

— Aleksandar Mitrovic

When translating one must proceed up to the intranslatable; only then one becomes aware of the foreign nation and the foreign tongue.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“We're in America; why do I have to "Press 1" for English?”

— Allan Hall

English people are always surprised I'm English.

— Charlie Hunnam

English is English, no matter what accent you speak it in.

— Shehnaaz Gill

I haven't been abroad in so long that I almost speak English without an accent now.

— Robert Benchley

The business is so international now; you'll be working on an American film, and you'll start chatting to someone, and it's like: 'Oh, you're…

— Imogen Poots

Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England.

— Dodie Smith

Giving English to an American is like giving sex to a child. He knows it's important but he doesn't know what to do with…

— Anonymous