#english

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

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

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

I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well mannered and cold but we are not cold - we don't interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don't scream in your face with tears - we go home and cry on our own. ↗

— Michael Caine

#always #awareness #british #cold #cry

English is clipped in speech. Texas is exactly the opposite. ↗

— Michael Caine

#exactly #opposite #speech #texas

It's my country but I don't want to know about France - I was born there but I feel English. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#born #country #english #feel #france

In England, it's a rare thing to see a player smoking but, all in all, I prefer that to an alcoholic. The relationship with alcohol is a real problem in English football and, in the short term, it's much more harmful to a sportsman. It weakens the body, which becomes more susceptible to injury. ↗

— Alex Ferguson

#alcoholic #becomes #body #england #english

Cooper wrote a novel which is absolutely indistinguishable from Austen, completely from a female point of view, completely English, no sense that he was an American. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#american #austen #completely #cooper #english

The city and province were given up to anarchy; the coloured people, elated with victory, proclaimed the slaughter of all whites, except the English, French, and American residents. ↗

— Henry Walter Bates

#anarchy #city #coloured #elated #english

I was a terrible English student. ↗

— Leon Uris

#i #student #terrible