Quotes of: English-language Keyword

All the women in my life have been librarians, English teachers and book sellers.

Ray Bradbury

I'm learning English at the moment. I can say 'Big Ben', 'Hello Rodney', 'Tower Bridge' and 'Loo'.

Cher

I love English girls! I adore all their different accents. Who knows, I could find a British girlfriend on my travels!

Austin Butler

I'd love to be a part of 'Star Wars.' I'd be a Sith, of course - I'm English! We've got the voice, and it's perfect for the bad guys.

Jamie Campbell Bower

I'd love to have been in things like 'The Jewel in the Crown,' but of course they're terribly old English. I can do that. But I'm not that.

Julia McKenzie

One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.

Edward Sapir

Energy doesn't communicate in English, French, Chinese or Swahili, but it does speak clearly

Elaine Seiler

I was born in Santa Monica but brought up abroad so I don't use English much.

Geraldine Chaplin

The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French.

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Latinas who come to the U.S. should adapt, learn English and become a part of the community.

Carolina Herrera

I went by myself to Hollywood, I spoke no English, every day I had to go to school.

Jackie Chan

The English sent all their bores abroad, and acquired the Empire as a punishment.

Edward Bond

It's my country but I don't want to know about France - I was born there but I feel English.

Eric Cantona

I'm a creature of habit and tend to favour small, traditional English businesses.

Ben Elliot

One of the drawbacks of English is you can't spell things by hearing them.

Bill Nye

Once, in London, the BBC asked me what was my favorite English book. I said Alice in Wonderland.

Gyorgy Ligeti

The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event.

Gloria Swanson

It even has the same phraseology as the English orders of knighthood, companions and this sort of thing.

George Woodcock

There's still a bit of a problem, in that so many leading English roles are taken by American or French actresses.

Joely Richardson

It is a curious fact that the word 'essayist' showed up in English before it existed in French.

John Jeremiah Sullivan

I'm completely English, but I grew up in Paris and went to school here. My parents moved when I was five.

Jemima West