#english

The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose. ↗

— A. P. Herbert

#enjoys #except #himself #never #noble

There is abundant proof that the opening of our ports always tends to raise the price of foreign corn to the price in the English market, and not to sink the price of British corn to the price in the continental market. ↗

— Joseph Hume

#always #british #continental #corn #english

Printing ballots in multiple languages costs millions of dollars every year. It also discourages immigrants from integrating into American society and gaining the benefits that come from speaking English. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#american #american society #ballots #benefits #come

Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ↗

— David Ives

#because #challenge #comedy #english #form

Croquet is tough. People play for months because the rules are so bizarre. Those crazy English. ↗

— Jane Kaczmarek

#bizarre #crazy #english #months #people

English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese. ↗

— Abdul Kalam

#coming #decades #english #i #i believe

The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme. ↗

— E. M. Forster

#destruction #english #english countryside #genuine #growth

Over 90 percent of parents in Puerto Rico want their children to be totally fluent in English. ↗

— Luis Fortuno

#english #fluent #over #parents #percent

My early education was in the public school system of Omaha, where, retrospectively, I realize that my high school training served me in good stead for the basic subjects of mathematics, English, foreign languages and history. ↗

— Lawrence R. Klein

#early #education #english #foreign #foreign languages

In fact, it is amazing how much European films - Italian, French, German and English - have recovered a certain territory of the audience in their countries over the last few years. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#audience #certain #countries #english #european