Quotes of: English-teacher Keyword

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

In my life I’ve been very lucky to travel around the world and see students and teachers in nearly two dozen countries—but the most awe-inspiring experience I’ve ever had was two years after 9/11 when I had the chance to attend a conference in ...

The Day Before 9/11

Mitch: [after seniors threaten him] Er, Mr. Payne. Sir. You know every second that you could let us out early would really increase our chances of survival. Mr. Payne, junior high school teacher: It's like our sergeant told us before one trip into th...

Dazed and Confused

No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.

William Osler

To teach well, we need not say all that we know, Successful teachers are effective in spite of the psychological theories they suffer under.

Traditional

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

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

Enemies! People these days don't have ! Not English people!

Lord Edgware Dies

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

Almásy: I just wanted you to know: I'm not missing you yet. Katharine Clifton: You will.

The English Patient

[Asked what he hates most] Almásy: Ownership. I hate being owned.

The English Patient

The Welsh people have a talent for acting that one does not find in the English. The English lack heart.

Anthony Hopkins