Famous Quotes & Sayings

Lennox Lewis

I have been in there with all of them and there is nothing left for me to prove.

J. K. Rowling

I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.

Robert Burton

One was never married, and that's his hell; another is, and that's his plague.

Robert Falcon Scott

We are showing that Englishmen can still die with a bold spirit, fighting it out to the end.

Alan Sugar

I'm an Englishman. What more can I say?

Robert Sean Leonard

My brother is a policeman; my sister's an English teacher. When I hear what they make versus what I make, it's ridiculous.

Edward Fitzgerald

Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?

Emily Watson

I thought it was time to jump into that Hollywood mainstream and see what the temperature was. And it was warmer than I expected.

I thought it was going to hook so I tried to give it a little English at the plate, and it kind of stayed fair,

John Terry

Maybe in a few months I can start to daydream if we are still top of the league. That is the main one for us.

Leila Aboulela

Many Arabic/Islamic words have now entered the English dictionary, such as haj, hijab, Eid, etc., and I no longer need to put them in italics or explain them.

Rudyard Kipling

You just don't know how to use the English language.

William Wordsworth

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

We'll come out. We'll compete. I'm sure English will come ready to play. I know it will be a competitive game.

Dinah Sheridan

Well, I suppose that, in a sense, every screen role is a favourite with me.

Damon Albarn

Well, I made fun of the people in the government and then realized that even if we got rid of them, they were replaced by exactly the same guys.

Ted Haggard

You actually hear what Jesus said in his original language. You hear what Peter said and what Mary said. And that's gripping. And then there were English subtitles in the version that we saw. And so it was amazing.

J. K. Rowling

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Joss Stone

For me, personally, Mind, Body and Soul is my real debut.

Tom Stoppard

It's better to be quotable than to be honest.

Paul Parker

By alpine I mean that the gear is viable for ski mountaineering and touring in mountains as rugged as the Alps, or Alaska, or Canada.

Any increase is welcomed. Obviously, as a former English teacher, I wish that the verbal had increased some, but it looks like it remained flat.

Roy Harper

As a revolutionary and leader of people at the barricades, I failed. But as a person who inwardly revolts all the time, I'm a raging success.

David Gower

As a player you are always made to feel welcome, but at the same time, there is too much pressure.

Monica Baldwin

A wisp of gossamer, about the size and substance of a spider's web.

Thomas Dolby

In a way, my role now is to shift into the next set of tool, which is virtual reality and interactivity. That to me is very enticing.

William Congreve

I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.

Malcolm Bradbury

I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.

Roger Penrose

I like science fiction movies, but I think they are useful for giving us ideas and I think science fiction is very good at giving ideas.

Delphine Arnault

I'm quite discreet. I think I'd rather focus on my work. So, I only speak when I have something to say. 'Live hidden, and live happy.' Is that the same in English as it is in French?

Dennis Lillee

I'm just saying it could be an English win.

Emily Watson

I'm lucky I don't do the kind of work where the main thing is that you're the girl and you look gorgeous. I don't look like that. I'm a funny-looking.

Joanna Trollope

I'm a third done into a new book but sorry - I have a superstition about talking about it!