English Language Quotes

English Language Quote of the day

FEAR is an acronym in the English language for 'False Evidence Appearing Real'.

Like, What is the least often heard sentence in the English language? That would be: Say, isn't that the banjo player's Porsche parked outside?

My favorite three words in the English language are: ’I don’t know’, because every time I say them, I learn something new.

The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.

The four most important words in the English language are, "What do you think?" Listen to your people and learn.

Englishmen must learn to be Brahmins, not banias.

The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'.

I used to hate England because they ruled my country but I am happy they gave us the game of cricket, which they can't play very well, and the English language, which I can't speak very well.

In #‎ France we have a saying, 'Joie de Vivre,' which actually doesn't exist in the English language. It means looking at your life as something that is to be taken with great pleasure and enjoy it.

'I am' is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that 'I do' is the longest sentence?

More has been screwed up on the battlefield and misunderstood in the Pentagon because of a lack of understanding of the English language than any other single factor.

There are no two words in the English language more harmful than good job.

The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.

The top 10 verbs in the English language are all irregular, even though irregular verbs make up only 3 per cent of the language.

The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."

Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.

If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers.

The four most expensive words in the English language are, 'This time it's different.'

Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language.

Words have a longer life than deeds.

If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless.

First of all, there was a volcano of words, an eruption of words that Shakespeare had never used before that had never been used in the English language before. It's astonishing. It pours out of him.

I am now completing research supported by NSF and NEH that is mapping changes in the English language through all of North America, for both mainstream and minority communities.

The most disgusting four letter word in the English language is 'cage'.

Average. It was the worst, most disgusting word in the English language. Nothing meaningful or worthwhile ever came from that word.

Richard Burton had a tremendous passion for the English language, especially the spoken and written word

Congratulations, Congress! 77% disapproval rating! You may be about to become the English language's most offensive C-word.

The English language is like a broad river on whose bank a few patient anglers are sitting, while, higher up, the stream is being polluted by a string of refuse-barges tipping out their muck.

My least favorite phrase in the English language is 'I don't care.'

The English language was carefully, carefully cobbled together by three blind dudes and a German dictionary

The English language on her tongue became a smoke-screen, without her eyes changing expression in the least.

The official language of the State of Illinois shall be known hereafter as the American language, and not the English language.

Which brings us to the least sexy word in the English language, kids," Dad said, kicking back in his chair. "Inbreeding. Avoid it.

I believe we are being dishonest with language minority groups if we tell them they can take full part in American life without learning the English language.

I think that phrase is the most horrible phrase in the English language - 'I don't know.' It's terribly embarrassing.

In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a child.

The First Amendment...begins with the five loveliest words in the English language: 'Congress shall make no law'.

The English language is like London: proudly barbaric yet deeply civilised, too, common yet royal, vulgar yet processional, sacred yet profane.

Verbing weirds language.

It was Ronald Reagan who used to say that the 10 most frightening words in the English language are, "I'm from the federal government, and I'm here to help."

Amid chaos of images, we value coherence. We believe in the printed word. And we believe in clarity. And we believe in immaculate syntax. And in the beauty of the English language.

The ten most powerful two-letter words in the English language are: If it is to be, it is up to me.

I have said my philosophy - I'm a backyard philosopher, I guess - is that the dirtiest word in the English language is "retirement."

The Economist is undoubtedly the smartest weekly newsmagazine in the English language. I always look forward to its quirky year-end double issue.

I do not know if there is a more dreadful word in the English language than that word "lost."

It's [the word “sorry”] the most infuriating word in the English language. Just a cheap way to behave badly then shelve responsibility by putting the onus on the other person to be forgiving.

The English language is nobody's special property.

Affection is one of the most neglected words in the English language, that people throw the word love around like confetti when they mean affection.

The English language is more complex than calculus because numbers don't have nuances.

Young feller, you will never appreciate the potentialities of the English language until you have heard a Southern mule driver search the soul of a mule.