Adversity Quote by Sonia Sotomayor

“There are uses to adversity, and they don’t reveal themselves until tested. Whether it’s serious illness, financial hardship, or the simple constraint of parents…

— Sonia Sotomayor

It is a part of English hypocrisy or English reserve, that whilst we are fluent enough in grumbling about small inconveniences, we insist on…

— Max Beerbohm

My parents have always had a very limited command of English. Of course, when we first arrived in the UK, none of us spoke…

— Zia Haider Rahman

I think we can learn a lot about a person in the very moment that language fails them. In the very moment they they…

— Anna Deavere Smith

Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?

— Alan Jay Lerner

Usually, English personalities are difficult; they dont take criticism easily.

— Natalia Makarova

“The root difficulty in all cases was the state of being blind and deaf to words-- not seeing the words for the prose. Being…

— Jacques Barzun

Faults in English prose derive not so much from lack of knowledge, intelligence or art as from lack of thought, patience or goodwill.

— Robert Graves

“I am sick of speaking English like this... I am scared that I have become a person who is always very aware of talking,…

— Xiaolu Guo

With children who have never said a word, parents tend to assume, for better or for worse, that there isn't any language there.

— Andrew Solomon

I was born to speak. I got in trouble as a kid for talking. I already knew it was a strength.

— Eric Thomas

You know, I was a kid who had difficulty speaking English when I first immigrated. But in my head, when I read a book,…

— Junot Diaz