#english

I studied English literature in the honors program, which means that you had to take courses in various centuries. You had to start with Old English, Middle English, and work your way toward the modern. I figured if I did that it would force me to read some of the things I might not read on my own. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#courses #did #english #english literature #figured

My favorite pudding is good old English apple pie. ↗

— Jeremy Bulloch

#apple pie #english #favorite #good #old

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

— Henry Louis Gates

#english literature #i #literature #remember

I board with a poor Scotchman: his wife can talk scarce any English. ↗

— David Brainerd

#board #english #his #i #poor

There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives. ↗

— David Brin

#best #better #could #differential #doubt

I've been given an amazing opportunity and I could not be more grateful. But I also know that all this will eventually die off. It's not real. It will go away and then you'll go away and then, I don't know, I'll be left sitting in some English hotel room. ↗

— Josh Brolin

#amazing #away #been #could #die

Everything has changed. When I was at school and was told I had better learn English, I said: What for? The English are a hell of a long way away! ↗

— Juan Manuel Fangio

#better #changed #english #everything #had

The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English. ↗

— Harry Browne

#constitution #english #plain #written

Like, What is the least often heard sentence in the English language? That would be: Say, isn't that the banjo player's Porsche parked outside? ↗

— Jackson Browne

#english #english language #heard #language #least

More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to. ↗

— Bill Bryson

#million #more #people #rest #seems