. . . the English are very fond of being entertained, and. . . they regard the French and the American people as destined by Heaven to amuse them.
I have always believed that the material world is governed by nonmaterial sources, so that in that sense 'English Music' is an exercise in the spiritual as well as the material. I have always been attracted to the Gothic and spiritual imagination, and I've always been interested in visionaries.
It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common.
We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of sufficient consequence in their eyes to merit a closer study than they have hitherto accorded us.
I think it is owing to the good sense of the English that they have not painted better.
If the word 'No' was removed from the English language, Ian Paisley would be speechless.
Othello' was my first Shakespearean discovery. I was obsessed with drama at school, and I studied the play for my English GCSE. Desdemona is the part that everyone wants, but Iago's wife Emilia is the one I've always been drawn to.
English is the perfect language for preachers because it allows you to talk until you think of what to say.
The English invented cricket to make other human endeavors look interesting.
English civilization the humanizing, the bringing into one harmonious and truly humane life, of the whole body of English society that is what interests me.
English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an early age helped me enormously.
My children are English, and both of their mothers were English.
Despite history, despite English, despite the noteworthies, and a little bit also despite ourselves, alas!, the Quebecois people have stayed French. I had violently returned. This people had no need of directives to affirm its French pride in the face of the whole world
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
And I always read the English translation and always have conversations with my translator, for example about the names. I always have to approve it.
My grandfather came over from Puerto Rico and raised his kids speaking English so that it would be easier for them to assimilate.
Sure, I know that I cannot speak in proper English. I know that I can't sing in proper English. I don't care.
Well-bred English people never have imagination.
This is a terrible mistake, because I used up all of my English.
We all need to stomp out balkanization. No Spanish radio stations, no Spanish billboards, no Spanish TV stations, no Spanish newspapers. This is America, speak English.