Quotes of: English-people Keyword

Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected in his writings.

Alex Cox

I love to laugh, it's my main thing. I love to abuse the English language.

Dan Fogelberg

I speak English and Spanish. I write in Spanish; my books are published in English.

Isabel Allende

The English language is a work in progress. Have fun with it.

Jonathan Culver

Katharine Clifton: Do you think you are the only one who feels anything?

The English Patient

Caravaggio: Ask your saint who he is. Ask him who he's killed.

The English Patient

Muller: You are a Canadian spy working for the Allies. Code-name Moose.

The English Patient

Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language, but his politics are fairly square.

Alex Cox

I don't have an English accent because this is what English sounds like when spoken properly.

Love

When sonneteering Wordsworth re-creates the landing of Mary Queen of Scots at the mouth of the Derwent - Dear to the Loves, and to the Graces vowed, The Queen drew back the wimple that she wore - he unveils nothing less than a canvas by Rubens, baroq...

Fifty Works of English Literature We Could Do Without

Americans may say they love our accents (I have been accused of sounding 'like Princess Di') but the more thoughtful ones resent and rather dislike us as a nation and people, as friends of mine have found out by being on the edge of conversations whe...

Peter Hitchens

Longevity-and sanity. Eccentric old ladies on Harleys I can deal with.

The English American

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!

John Astin

There's no such thing as an unabridged dictionary.

The Lexicographer's Dilemma: The Evolution of "Proper" English, from Shakespeare to South Park

The level of football in England is the top. English football is the leader in the world.

Pele

The fact is, I loved being English. I was very happy to be turned into an English schoolboy.

Tom Stoppard

The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'.

Maxim Gorky

English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.

Ernest Istook

I'm in fact Australian but my mother's English so I've got no problem playing a domineering English woman.

Jacki Weaver

Radio in England is nonexistent. It's very bad English use of a media system, typically English use.

David Bowie

Katharine Clifton: Will we be alright? Almásy: Yes. Yes, absolutely. Katharine Clifton: "Yes" is a comfort. "Absolutely" is not.

The English Patient