Quotes of: English-school Keyword

I've always been a writer, and in high school, I was the editor of my school newspaper and I got a writing scholarship. It's always been a passion of mine.

Zoe Lister-Jones

The Latin word for sausage was botulus, from which English gets two words. One of them is the lovely botuliform, which means sausage-shaped and is a more useful word than you might think. The other word is botulism. Sausages may taste lovely, but it'...

The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

Old English poetry also contained a wide range of conventional poetic diction, many of the words being created to allow alliterative patterns to be made. There are therefore numerous alternatives for key words like battle, warrior, horse, ship, the s...

The Routledge History of Literature in English: Britain and Ireland

From that original colony sprang seven names that still feature on the landscape: Roanoke (which has the distinction of being the first Indian word borrowed by English settlers), Cape Fear, Cape Hatteras, the Chowan and Neuse Rivers, Chesapeake, and ...

Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States

MAYBE YOU SHOULD BE AN ENGLISH MAJOR. AT LEAST, YOU GET TO READ STUFF THAT'S WRITTEN BY PEOPLE WHO CAN WRITE! YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO BE AN ENGLISH MAJOR, YOU DON'T NEED ANY SPECIAL TALENT, YOU JUST HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT SOMEONE WANT...

A Prayer for Owen Meany

Col. Hans Landa: [in French; subtitled] Monsieur LaPadite, I regret to inform you I have exhausted the extent of my French. To continue to speak it so inadequately would only serve to embarrass me. However, I've been lead to believe that you speak En...

Inglourious Basterds

In middle school, I had an '87 Regal. That was unheard of.

Young Jeezy

Spend the years of learning squandering Courage for the years of wandering Through a world politely turning From the loutishness of learning.

Collected Poems in English and French

If our two loves be one, or, thou and I Love so alike, that none do slacken, none can die.

The Complete English Poems

May the sunshine ever greet you and sorrows flow away, May the knowledge flow within you and darkness fade away.

Chants of Hindu Gods and Godesses in English Rhyme

All longings the essence for real liberation only, Freedom from all sides, an ultimate supremacy; - 43 -

Devi Mahatmayam in English Rhyme

At no point during the making of this book have I inverted my penis although I did go to Blackpool which turned out to be almost as painful.

The English: A Field Guide

If he could walk across the room and touch her he would be sane. But between them lay a treacherous and complex journey. It was a very wide world.

The English Patient

The trouble with words is that you can really talk yourself into a corner. You can't fuck yourself into a corner. "That's a man talking," muttered Hana.

The English Patient

She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.

The English Patient

The most self-damaging words in the English language are: try, might, and if. These are words of uncertainty. Will you fail? That is possible. But continue doubting your abilities and you’ll never succeed.

Gravity

Reasoning with a drunkard is like Going under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man.

Holy Kural - Thirukkural in Tamil with English Translations

If people scrutinize their own faults as they do the faults of others,Mankind will be freed of all evil.

Holy Kural - Thirukkural in Tamil with English Translations

Remember that lettuce doesn’t grow on a spruce; and it also doesn’t rhyme with it.

Improve your English pronunciation and learn over 500 commonly mispronounced words

The integrity of our relationships matters more than the boldness of our words.

The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert: An English Professor's Journey Into Christian Faith

As artists give themselves to their models, and poets to their classical pursuits, so must we addict ourselves to prayer.

Morning and Evening, Based on the English Standard Version