Quotes:There was a headline in an
English paper that said 'Wow! Germans can be funny!' They were so proud in Germany. [on a review of Good Bye, Lenin!]
View quotes by Daniel BruhlThe worshipful father and first founder and embellisher of ornate eloquence in our
English, I mean Master Geoffrey Chaucer
View quotes by William CaxtonCricket - a game which the
English, not being a spiritual people, have invented in order to give themselves some conception of eternity.
View quotes by Lord ( Baron) MancroftPoets that lasting marble seek
Must carve in Latin or in Greek. (Of
English Verse, 1645)
View quotes by Edmund WallerThe
English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but they are both not the kind of thing you can run up in half an hour with a machine.
View quotes by Dorothy L SayersHe had, over half a century, perfected and personified that hardly definable
English sound, the burble [Brian Johnston]
View quotes by Godfrey SmithThus does the Beeb ease the
English into another gray familiar day, another half-century of magic mystic rays.
View quotes by Francis X ClinesPeople think anglomania is about eccentricity; I think the
English tendency to extend the psyche to external decoration is an act of perfect normality.
View quotes by Manolo BlahnikI came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the
English language to intrigue and hook a reader.
View quotes by Dick SchaapEnglish policy is to float lazily downstream, occasionally putting out a diplomatic boathook to avoid collisions.
View quotes by Lord SalisburyFor me it is a penalty. Why when Cristiano is involved is it always polemic? [Ronaldo uses a word even his
english speaking team mates don't understand]
View quotes by Cristiano RonaldoThe worst thing is when the press call me a dizzy blonde - I got a B in Drama, a D in
English, I did a hairdressing course and a beauty certificate.
View quotes by Helen AdamsOne of the strongest prejudices that one has to overcome when one visits Australia is that created by the weird jargon than passes for
English in this country.
View quotes by Valerie DesmondBeing 'contented' ought to mean in
English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.
View quotes by Gilbert Keith ChestertonPresident Bush gave his first-ever presidential radio address in both
English and Spanish. Reaction was mixed, however, as people were trying to figure out which one was which.
View quotes by Dennis MillerGo anywhere in England where there are natural wholesome, contented and really nice
English people; and what do you find? That the stables are the real centre of the household.
View quotes by George Bernard ShawIf the whole of the
english language could be condensed into one word, it would not suffice to express the utter contempt those invite who are so deluded as to be disciples of such an imposture as Darwinism.
View quotes by Francis MorrisThe 'w' in ECB is silent but very powerful.
[being a bad loser after a Welsh county got a 2009 Ashes test ahead of the Rose Bowl. The 5 adjudicators were
English]
View quotes by Rod BransgroveViewed freely, the
English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.
View quotes by Walt WhitmanThe worst letters come from retired high school
English teachers. They will literally take a book and pick it to pieces and send me 14 pages of notes.
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