#english

I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes outside time. ↗

— Carlos Santana

#any #clearly #english #goes #i

There's a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or any language gets in the way. But nothing penetrates the heart faster than the melody. ↗

— Carlos Santana

#because #connect #english #everything #faster

English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#diplomacy #english #french #international #international language

These examples of the lack of simplicity in English and French, all appearances to the contrary, could be multiplied almost without limit and apply to all national languages. ↗

— Edward Sapir

#appearances #apply #contrary #could #english

I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment. ↗

— Wally Schirra

#american #american football #because #english #english football

I failed world geography, civics, Spanish and English. And when you fail Spanish and English, they do not consider you bilingual. They may call you bi-ignorant because you can't speak any language. ↗

— Tim Scott

#because #bilingual #call #civics #consider

An agent once told me that if I would lose my English accent, I would never stop working in America. ↗

— Jane Seymour

#agent #america #english #i #lose

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#communism #english #only #same #socialism

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#moral #only #thinks #uncomfortable

What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car? ↗