Quotes about english
english-musician final pursue quest
It's very questionable, and we will pursue every factor, every element, every second of the timeline, of the final hours of Maurice's life. We will pursue that relentlessly. That will be our quest from now on. Barry Gibb
english-director instead relationship
I don't know really. I've always been interested in the small picture instead of the big one, and I've always been interested in relationship pictures. Adrian Lyne
english-director life totally
I feel a little schizophrenic because my life is so totally different from here, obviously. And the French values are so different from American values.
english-director fondness great less life popular
It's easy to like the most popular films, but I have a great fondness for 'A Life Less Ordinary'. Danny Boyle
english-director
I want the score to have a really big voice. Mike Figgis
english-director hard quite relatively relaxed
Nervousness was never something I would ever associate with the Beatles ever. A Hard Day's Night was relatively unscathed by marijuana, but even then they were quite relaxed about it. Richard Lester
english shakespeare
Shakespeare is a permanent presence in the English letters. Antonio Munoz Molina
english-musician
An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening. Boy George
english-poet
Even Echo speaks not on these radiant moors. Bryan Procter
english-poet thy touch
Touch us gently, Time! Let us glide adown thy stream, Gently, - as we sometimes glide Through a quiet dream!
english knew learned lines opportunity remember work
I learned English kind of late. I remember when I got my first opportunity to work in America, I didn't speak a lot of English, so I only really knew my lines for the movie I was doing. Penelope Cruz
english hard norwegian open visible
If you're a Norwegian writer, you are not visible in the world. The door of the English language is very hard to open for a Norwegian writer. Per Petterson
english-philosopher remedies
They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils. Francis Bacon
english-philosopher men wisdom
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
english-actress painted
He painted me when I was young because he was in love with me, but now that he has loved me he doesn't paint me anymore. Jane Birkin
english-novelist
This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in. Charles Dickens
english-scientist full miss people prizes
The world is full of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show. Jacob Bronowski
english-scientist essence pertinent science
That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to a pertinent answer.
english found secondary teachers
I had three brilliant English teachers at secondary school. They found the writer in me. Anthony Horowitz
english-author great history pageant
History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy. Augustine Birrell
english-author himself man possible surround thousand
An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is possible to be happy.
english-poet gather rest
Were I a cloud I'd gather My skirts up in the air, And fly well know whither, And rest I well know where. Robert Bridges
english-author expand people production
It will never be Hollywood, the same way people think it should be. I think it will grow and it will be healthy and it will expand into more than one production house. Ann Macbeth
english-author full point sufficient time
We are not yet at the point where our size, our being the drama industry, is sufficient to support full time professional crews, and that is very very important.
english favorite friend good life poems subject
My favorite subject was English or creative writing. We did poems and making a magazine, and I did one on celebrities. I called it 'Celebrity Life Magazine.' I interviewed my good friend Kaley Cuoco. Ashley Tisdale
english-athlete felt isolated threatened worked
I was determined to get it right on the pitch. Then, if I had to leave at the end of the season, so be it. I never felt threatened or isolated by the arrangement. We worked together and it worked out. Bryan Robson
english-athlete needed
Last season when things weren't working out, I thought we needed a different voice around the place.
english-athlete sacrificed terry
A lot of people, some of them close to me as well, have said that I sacrificed myself by doing what I did in bringing Terry on board. I didn't see it that way.
english-athlete knocks side
The physio side probably stemmed from the knocks I got as a player. Bob Paisley
english-athlete football ninety
The first ninety minutes of a football match are the most important. Bobby Robson
english housewife love singer south teacher travels
I still don't know what I'm going to be. I love acting. I would love to be an English teacher. I would love to be a housewife and have a chateau in the South of France, I would love to be a singer that travels to cafes around different towns.
english enjoy good hear japanese join lads learn matter noise people players playing saying sure understand watching welsh
When you are playing with good players, it doesn't matter if they are Argentinian, German, Welsh or whatever. Good players can join in and understand their team-mates on the pitch. In most of our games, you can't hear what the other lads are saying anyway, because of the noise of the crowd. I'm sure Shunsuke will want to learn English so he can enjoy the other lads' company, but there are so many Japanese people here watching him that he isn't going to be lonely. John Hartson
english-scientist leading product technology
We will migrate as technology migrates, and more often than not, we're the ones leading the technology drive. This product is here to stay.