Quotes of: English-literature Keyword

I love the Japanese director Shohei Imamura. His masterpiece in 1979 called, the English title was 'Vengeance is Mine.'

Bong Joon-ho

The dominating idea of English society was not cultivate virtue but to avoid scandal.

Edward Short

Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to?

Clarence Darrow

For previous generations, swimming the English Channel was the feat to accomplish. And that's been done.

Diana Nyad

I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English.

Daniel Radcliffe

I don't take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt... I hate them.

Grace Jones

The funniest line in English is 'Get it?' When you say that, everyone chortles.

Garrison Keillor

What I appreciated was the fact that the script delved into how Australians were - and still are - condescended to by the English.

Geoffrey Rush

The English approach to ideas is not to kill them, but to let them die of neglect.

Jeremy Paxman

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The best-dressed man is an Italian who is trying to look English, or an Englishman who is trying to look Italian.

Diane von Furstenberg

The people who go the craziest when they hear the name 'Hemingway' are my English teachers!

Dree Hemingway

My father could swear in Gaelic and English, by the way, ladies and gentlemen.

Denis Leary

Croquet is tough. People play for months because the rules are so bizarre. Those crazy English.

Jane Kaczmarek

Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit.

Jonathan Lethem

In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names.

Mortimer Adler

I'm old-school English, so I suppose I'm quite protective - especially of time. Now that I'm a father, every moment is precious.

Orlando Bloom

I don't speak English, so I'll just have to win the trust and confidence of the fans with my performance on the field.

Masahiro Tanaka

Frank Morris: Goodbye, boy. English: So long, boy.

Escape from Alcatraz

Eli Lapp: You be careful out among them English.

Witness

English majors understand human nature better than economists do.

Jane Smiley