Famous Quotes & Sayings

Robert Graves

Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.

Roy Harper

Remember, this was a world that was still ethnically separated. I was thirteen and ignorant of the social situation in America, but I felt these records were better than what my own culture was turning out.

Graham Nelson

Remember that 'Curses', being free, is circulated much more widely than shareware games, so it gets more than its fair share of attention.

Dale Carnegie

Remember that a man's name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in the English language.

Henry Louis Gates

Remember, I have a Ph.D. in English literature.

Playboy was a wonderful experience and a great opportunity for me.

Charles Dickens

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.

Our line did a lot of work this week. We ran the plays over and over again. (David) English had a really good game. Our linemen really stepped it up.

I probably wouldn't have a big problem, but the Mexicans come here with their language you don't understand. I don't have no problem with foreign people come in, at least (if) they talk right ... They should speak English or get out.

William Hazlitt

If you think you can win, you can. Faith is necessary to victory.

Pankaj Mishra

If you think of India in the 1980s, there weren't many writers in English around. The ones that were there, Amitav Ghosh or Vikram Seth, were living abroad or publishing from abroad.

Thomas Dolby

If you think back to the '70's, there were these new tools, with very few people using them in pop music. There's a real parallel with that now.

Thomas Dolby

If you're Take That for example, you don't need to be seen in the studio. But they have their own fans, and their fans would like a way to get closer.

Martin Lewis Perl

In my high school, two foreign languages had to be studied, four years of English was required, and that meant mostly grammar and composition.

Tom Wolfe

In the U.S., the term 'general aviation' means its exact opposite, the way 'public school' does in England. An English public school is private and, on top of that, exclusive. Likewise, general-aviation airports in the U.S. are for everyone but the general public.

I think national pride leads to nothing but wars and hates.

John Krasinski

I planned on being an English teacher, but I don't know where that went.

Jamaica Kincaid

I picked a name that was a combination of an island name and a very English name. Havana was one choice and Dominico was another, but I liked the combination of Jamaica Kincaid.

Cheech Marin

Being a third-generation Mexican-American and speaking English exclusively, I heard Spanish spoken by my relatives all my life, especially when they didn't want me to understand what they were talking about.

Miguel Garcia

Because my English is not very good, so I can't do it in English,

DeJuan Blair

Can, too. All right, people would be surprised to know I sing, rap ? and like English class. I like to write.

Joanna Trollope

I'm a third done into a new book but sorry - I have a superstition about talking about it!

Jenny Agutter

I hope I presented what I felt the woman seemed to be about, but I couldn't give any reason as to why she remained in the relationship other than that their relationship was very special.

Roger Penrose

I like science fiction movies, but I think they are useful for giving us ideas and I think science fiction is very good at giving ideas.

Delphine Arnault

I'm quite discreet. I think I'd rather focus on my work. So, I only speak when I have something to say. 'Live hidden, and live happy.' Is that the same in English as it is in French?

Dennis Lillee

I'm just saying it could be an English win.

Emily Watson

I'm lucky I don't do the kind of work where the main thing is that you're the girl and you look gorgeous. I don't look like that. I'm a funny-looking.

In following their line through, and those of Plantagenet and Tudor, there is but little to soothe the mind.

In her quiet way, Mary English mattered a lot.

William Congreve

I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.

William Hazlitt

I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about.

Maya Angelou

I know you very well, and I know you need a good English teacher.

Thomas Dolby

I'm actually more interested in the other half of the world, because I wouldn't like to be excluded from any of this technology.