The English Quotes
I definitely wish to distinguish American poetry from British or other English language poetry.
The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.
Soundbite and slogan, strapline and headline, at every turn we meet hyperbole. The soaring inflation of the English language is more urgently in need of control than the economic variety.
A book, I was taught long ago in English class, is a living and breathing document that grows richer with each new reading.
The most meaningless term in the English language is "I take full responsibility." When a politician utters those words it means absolutely nothing.
The themes Poe used were universal and timeless. As long as the English language exists at all, we will be able to appreciate what he did. It will not age! It will not become dated!
In the beginning of college I wanted to be an English major, but then I became interested in international relations.
It is always a taut moment in a foreign country waiting to see if your English-speaking guide speaks English.
Her (India's) great curse is caste; but English education has already proved a tremendous power in levelling the injurious distinctions of caste.
I was an English major at UCLA when I was 18, and then I left after a year to start acting. I was educating myself during that time.
"Equestrian", by the by, is the gayest word in the English language. In fact, I thought Brokeback Mountain should have been called Two Equestrians.
Of course, the English countryside is completely artificial. It was naturally a forest; they chopped down the trees and made it into what it is now: really a beautiful country.
I like languages. I like working on different accents. I speak English, French and Spanish. I'd love to learn more but I think, as you get older, your brain is a bit slower.
A passage is not plain English - still less is it good English - if we are obliged to read it twice to find out what it means.
People in Italy seem to be very capable of singing along with 'Wish You Were Here' perfectly, yet it's hard to get someone in the street who speaks english.
English history consists largely of royal people getting their heads chopped off...Needless to say, this brand of history was a hit with our son.
I do tend to be an analyzer. I'm an old English major from way back, so I do have fun tearing apart texts and trying to find the hidden secrets and the subtexts in there.
Should, is the worst word in the English language. People always think things "should" be a certain way, and when they're not, they're disappointed.
My brother and I were both good at science, and we were both good at English literature. Either one of us could have gone either way.
I have this little thing that people call Keegan-ese, where I don't speak English words at all. I just say stuff like, "You gotta toish the doish and you gotta maloish the hoish."
I am allowed to use plain English because everybody knows that I could use mathematical logic if I chose.
With English literature, if you do a bit of shonky spelling, no one dies, but if you're half-way through a maths calculation and you stick in an extra zero, everything just crashes into the ravine.
I study English literature but my friends are doing psychology and things like that. No one cares about acting there. It's not competitive and it's a nice environment for me.
English rain feels obligatory, like paperwork. It dampens already damn days and slicks the stones.
Psychobabble attempts to redefine the entire English language just to make a correct statement incorrect. Psychology is the study of why someone would try to do this.
Any opinion writer worth his salt would have rejected the quaint notion that certain eternally aggrieved identity groups have exclusive linguistic rights to words in the English language.
Yes, that man acted ugly," she told us in plain English. "But throwing more ugliness back at him ain't the answer.
The French just said he was a damned nuisance. Or they would have had they the good fortune to speak English. Instead being French they were forced to say it in their own language.
These men of many nations must be taught American ways, the English language, and the right way to live.
It's an absurd error to put modern English literature in the curriculum. You should read contemporary literature for pleasure or not at all. You shouldn't be taught to monkey with it.
Whether I go to English-speaking countries or non-English-speaking countries I can just modulate to what works for them.
It took me a year to really learn the American lingo. I really feel for people who are coming here and don't speak English at all. It must be hell.
You know, we have main English language parties, federalist parties, and traditionally the ones to watch would be the Conservatives, who form the government, and then the Liberals.
I live in a small country in Europe - Finland - and I don't speak English well and I had nothing to do with publishing houses in the West. I lived in complete isolation.
Dejardins was so stunned, he momentarily forgot how to speak English. "Ce n'est pas possible. On ne pourrait pas-