Quotes of: English-literature Keyword

I hate the way the English have of not being serious about being serious, I really hate it.

Julian Barnes

English television from the Fifties to the Nineties was the least bad in the world, and now it's just as bad as it is anywhere.

John Cleese

I feel very English in a suit. There's something about being in a suit abroad, particularly in America, that feels empowering.

Daniel Radcliffe

I wasn't going to be a college kid. The only subject I was interested in was English. I think I had a subconscious interest in analyzing story.

Eric Bana

The English are crooked as a nation and honest as individuals. The contrary is true of the French, who are honest as a nation and crooked as individuals.

Edmond de Goncourt

I studied in American school, so yes, I grew up speaking English and Spanish. Obviously, Spanish is my first language.

Eiza Gonzalez

I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.

Daniel Alarcon

I'll never forget where I'm from, never forget my roots. It doesn't matter where I live. I'm English, simple as that.

David Beckham

At school, myself and some pals, all football-daft, divided up the old English First Division and wrote off to half a dozen clubs each asking for a trial.

Drew Busby

A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread.

David Crystal

'Batman' took 10 months to film, and by the time I stopped working on it, it took a long time before my English accent came out again. I was actually having to try for it.

Christian Bale

English football has just had a transfer window imposed for the first time, so it will be interesting to see how managers cope with the squads they have until it re-opens.

David Ginola

The time given to athletic contests and the injuries incurred on the playing field are part of the price which the English-speaking race has paid for being world conquerors.

Henry Cabot Lodge

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.

James Franco

I first decided that I wanted to act when I was 9. And I was at a very bizarre prep school at the time; to say 'high Anglo-Catholic' would be a real English understatement.

John Hurt

Donut: [in English] What are you prepared to do? Landlord: We can't understand what you're saying!

Kung Fu Hustle

Sherif Ali: Have you no fear, English? T.E. Lawrence: My fear is my concern.

Lawrence of Arabia

Legolas: [in Elvish] You're late. [takes a good look at Aragorn] Legolas: [in English] You look terrible.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Tatiana: But, there are some English customs that are going to be changed. James Bond: But of course darling.

From Russia with Love

[last lines] [English subtitles] Irene Menéndez Hastings: It'll be complicated. Benjamín Esposito: I don't care. Irene Menéndez Hastings: Shut the door.

The Secret in Their Eyes

You might sooner get lightning out of incense smoke than true action or passion out of your modern English religion.

John Ruskin