Quotes of: English Keyword

Are there any more beautiful words in the English dictionary than 'see you tomorrow?

Little Manhattan: The Movie Novel

But the required survey of English literature troubled and disquieted him in a way nothing had ever done before.

Stoner

I’ll write the first sentence in English and the second sentence will be nonsense translated to Russian, to make the ultimate non sequitur.

Xazaqazax

I love English rock music the best and have always been fascinated by The Clash, especially Joe Strummer, their singer.

Carla Bruni

an English girl might well believe that time is how you spend your love.

To a Fault

Children learn to speak Male or Female the way they learn to speak English or French.

Middlesex

At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did.

Otto Hahn

Kingsley Amis was one of a trio of brilliant comic novelists who made English literature sparkle in the twentieth century.

Russell Baker

The terrorists haven't won, and we should tell them in plain English, 'No, there will never be a mosque at Ground Zero.'

Renee Ellmers

I have no formal training as a writer at all, not even a single English class in college.

Scott Westerfeld

It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also.

Townsend Harris

When I started writing, the first thing that came out was in English. I liked a few French things, but they were very overwhelming.

Thomas Mars

For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can.

Kailash Kher

Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English--but are great in remembering signs

Karl Lagerfeld

I was at university and I was studying modern drama and studying English, and I just was like, 'I don't wanna be in this place. I wanna be acting.'

Melanie Lynskey

The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.

Manfred von Richthofen

I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor.

Max von Sydow

The only thing that I'd rather own than Windows is English, because then I could charge you two hundred and forty-nine dollars for the right to speak it.

Scott McNealy

A lot happened in Vancouver. It was my first Western experience. I learned English, which is my second language. I became very acquainted with Western culture. I had my first sewing machine when I was 9. I trained in fashion illustration when I was i...

Jason Wu

I studied Shakespeare all through high school. Both of my parents teach English and history, so it has always been around my experience as a young man.

Xavier Samuel

My obsession with eating out partly comes from having spent 10 long years at English boarding schools in the 1980s, where food was pretty low on the list.

Ben Elliot