English Quotes

An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.

Jules Verne
- English
- London
- Criminal
Here, whatever is not boring is not English.

Frederic Chopin
- Boring
- Here
- Whatever

Things they don't understand always cause a sensation among the English.

Alfred de Musset
- Things
- English
- Sensation
Speak English!' said the Eaglet. 'I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and I don't believe you do either!

Lewis Carroll
If the English can survive their food, they can survive anything.

George Bernard Shaw
- Food
- English
- Survive
I meet people overseas that know five languages - that the only language I'm comfortable in is English.

Bill Gates
- People
- English
- Languages
A whore, we've established that, filthy, it goes without saying, but whatever else the hell I am, I AM NOT ENGLISH.

Elizabeth Wein
- English
- Established
Dogs being great linguists, she quickly picked up English, far more quickly than I picked up German, so we understood each other very well, and couche, schönmachen, and pfui continued for a long time to be my whole vocabulary.

Elizabeth von Arnim
- German
- Dogs
- Vocabulary

I speak German, Italian, French, Spanish and English.

Ornella Muti
- English
- Speak
- Italian