#english

I speak two languages, Body and English. ↗

— Mae West

#english #i #languages #speak #two

The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who do and I'm not denying they exist. But it's a far more philistine country than people think. ↗

— Colin Firth

#country #denying #english #english people #exist

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#english #except #happiness #love #novel

The American Revolution was, in fact, a battle against the philosophy of Locke and the English utilitarians. ↗

— Robert Trout

#american #american revolution #battle #english #fact

Others may use the ocean as their road; Only the English make it their abode. ↗

— Edmund Waller

#english #make #may #ocean #only

You never find an Englishman among the under-dogs except in England, of course. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#course #england #englishman #except #find

I saw 'Tintin' in Europe - it is 'Indiana Jones' on steroids. Unbelievable. What a fantastic movie. Steven Spielberg, you rock the house. And working with those young English guys like Edgar Wright, and also Peter Jackson; what a great combination. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#combination #edgar #english #europe #fantastic

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the simple reason that it was much more easy. ↗

— Rebecca West

#difficult #easy #english #more #much

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street. ↗

— E. B. White

#education #english #getting #judgment #like

In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial at an English school. ↗

— Patrick White

#countryside #english #english school #explore #four