English language Quote by William Carlos Williams

“There are over 10,000 idioms in American English, and some of them have been in use for more than 2,000 years, while others are brand new.”

— Gail Brenner

I‘ve said it once and I will say it again, why can‘t everyone just speak English? The Americans give it a bit of a…

— Louise Rennison

I'm very aware that oftentimes, we speak too much.

— Mike Espy

The Americans, who are the most efficient people on the earth, have carried [phrase-making] to such a height of perfection and have invented so…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Catchphrases flourish in contemporary American English.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“English is not merely a language anymore; it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the world.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we have…

— Eric Hoffer

We seldom repent of speaking little, very often of speaking too much: a vulgar and trite maxim, which all the world knows and, but…

— Jean de la Bruyere

Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot be said in any…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Every good writer has much idiom; it is the life and spirit of language.

— Walter Savage Landor

“Just because someone doesn’t have a grasp of English doesn’t mean they don’t have a grasp on disparagement.”

— Finn Murphy

“You'll say things all wrong but they'll at once become American ways of saying things. You won't know shit but it'll right away become…

— Salman Rushdie