English Quotes - page 16

With the requests of some he complied, and has published a discourse, delivered before the Society for recovering drowned persons, which may be justly pronounced one of the most beautiful and interesting sermons in the English language. (John Strachan)
More has been screwed up on the battlefield and misunderstood in the Pentagon because of a lack of understanding of the English language than any other single factor. View quote
John W. Vessey, Jr.
Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit. View quote
Jonathan Lethem
At graduation, I assumed I'd be in publishing, but first I went to England and got a master's degree in English Literature. And then I came back to New York and had a series of publishing jobs, the way one does. View quote
Joseph Kanon
In life, you have to take the pace that love goes. You don't force it. You just don't force love, you don't force falling in love, you don't force being in love - you just become. I don't know how to say that in English, but you just feel it. View quote
Juan Pablo Galavis
But the nature of my main work in chemistry can be better represented by more than 280 English publications, of which roughly 200 concern the theory of chemical reactions and related subjects. View quote
Kenichi Fukui
It was always said that the big distinction between the French and the English is that the English are intelligent and the French are intellectual. View quote
Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking
Before I joined the project most of the English people with whom I had made personal contacts were left wing and affected to some degree or other by the same kind of philosophy. View quote
Klaus Fuchs
The short English miles are delightful for walking. You are always pleased to find, every now and then, in how short a time you have walked a mile, though, no doubt, a mile is everywhere a mile, I walk but a moderate pace, and can accomplish four English miles in an hour. View quote
Karl Philipp Moritz
The Social-Democratic Federation took part in all the political and economic struggles of the English working class; it took pains to bring Socialist views home to them, not only through agitation and propaganda, but also by actions. View quote
Karl Radek
Cooper wrote a novel which is absolutely indistinguishable from Austen, completely from a female point of view, completely English, no sense that he was an American. (Leslie Fiedler)
Although an increasing proportion of the Hispanic population is foreign-born - about half of adults in this group - English proficiency is and should remain a requirement for citizenship. View quote
Linda Chavez
I think I am less self-assured when I write English than I would be if I were writing in my first language. I have to test each sentence over and over to be sure that it's right, that I haven't introduced some element that isn't English. View quote
Louis Begley
I am making sure, as the governor of a territory, that our kids speak fluent English. But having said that, I will tell my wife I love her in Spanish, and I will pray in Spanish, and no one from Washington should come down here and tell us how to go about it. View quote
Luis Fortuno
Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education. View quote
Lawrence Welk
Perhaps first and foremost is the challenge of taking what I find as a reader and making it into a poem that, primarily, has to be a plausible poem in English. View quote
Marilyn Hacker
My grandmother always used to wear this English perfume called Tuberose and then she died and then I dated this girl who wore the same thing. Every time I hung out with her, I could only think of my recently deceased grandmother. So sometimes a signature scent can be good and sometimes it can be bad. View quote
Mark Ronson
I think one of the best words in the English language is compassion. I think it holds everything. It holds love, it holds care... and if everybody just did something. We all make a difference. View quote
Michael Crawford
Myspace alone has just over 80 million users and ranks as the sixth most popular English language website and the eighth most popular site in the world. View quote
Mike Fitzpatrick
I learned how to horseback ride in English style, which is very hard, by the way. I had no idea how challenging it was. I've always ridden horses, but Western is like riding a horse in a rocking chair, as opposed to English, where you have to balance and hold on with your legs. View quote
Minka Kelly
There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate. (Neville Marriner)
My heritage is English, so I'm proud to be back here. View quote
Nicholas Lea
I was born in England - though both of my parents are American - and there's something about the 'Muppets' where they have this combination of English and American humor. View quote
Nicholas Stoller
We are Bayern Munich and English teams always have trouble as soon as they leave the island. View quote
Oliver Kahn
If you want to be happy, live discreetly. Does that make sense in English? View quote
Olivier Martinez