#english

If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms never never never! ↗

— William Pitt

#american #arms #country #down #englishman

All the English speakers, or almost all, have difficulties with the gender of words. ↗

— Bernard Pivot

#difficulties #english #gender #speakers #words

The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the culture of our country. They find a kind of French social grace in the language and culture. ↗

— Bernard Pivot

#country #culture #english #find #french

I must have read every issue of 'Punch' published in the 20th century, and I think in the process I picked up the true voice of English humour - that amiable, fairly liberal, laconic voice which you find in something like 'Three Men in a Boat.' ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#amiable #boat #century #english #every

I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years of reading English at Oxford, and they'd never told me about something as basic as the importance of point of view in fiction! ↗

— Philip Pullman

#basic #british #education #english #entire

Somebody said to me that I speak English almost like somebody for whom English is not their first language. ↗

— Christopher Walken

#english #first #i #language #like

No. I am not a royalist. Not at all. I am definitely a republican in the British sense of the word. I just don't see the use of the monarchy though I'm fierce patriot. I'm proud proud proud of being English, but I think the monarchy symbolizes a lot of what was wrong with the country. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#being #british #country #definitely #english

I don't know why that is, but English politics is just so overly white. It's very much about the class structure. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#class #english #i #just #know

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. ↗

— Karl Radek

#agitation #also #bring #class #economic

When I first came to this country, I didn't know how to speak English. ↗

— Wilmer Valderrama

#country #english #first #how #i