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Once, in London, the BBC asked me what was my favorite English book. I said Alice in Wonderland.

I went to a catholic public school St Helens and learned English by watching bugs bunny cartoons.

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.

More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to.

Rick Ross is bigger to me than Dizzee Rascal. My music is more gangsta rap than anything English.

Yes, for my undergrad I majored in Criminal Justice and minored in Political Science and English.

There is no question of the government or myself attaching less importance to the use of English.

The use of food metaphors is really well established English... Somebody is a peach, a hot tamale.

Helena Bonham Carter - she's so stunning. She's really English, quintessential, elegant, charming.

My wife came here at age 8 not speaking a word of English and ended up in the president's Cabinet.

I learned Spanish at home and, since half my family doesn't speak English, it's my first language.

I'm learning English at the moment. I can say 'Big Ben', 'Hello Rodney', 'Tower Bridge' and 'Loo'.

English culture is basically homosexual in the sense that the men only really care about other men.

That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.

A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread.

Between 1910 and 1950 approximately 350 lives of Jesus were published in the English language alone.

I admire people who dare to take the language, English, and understand it and understand the melody.

If anything, I've thought of myself as Scandinavian. Particularly, Danish. We spoke English at home.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

English football is very physical, much more so than Spanish football - I felt it in the first match.

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.

I wanted to be an English teacher. I wanted to do it for the corduroy jackets with patches on the side.

My father is a retired army captain and banking software salesman, and my mother is an English teacher.

The Welsh people have a talent for acting that one does not find in the English. The English lack heart.

My accent is... sort of an Edinburgh sort of soft southwest Scottish accent. It could almost be English.

It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common.

He is ready, if the occasion presents itself, to throw the whole English population in the St. Lawrence.

For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can.

Nowadays, anyone who cannot speak English and is incapable of using the Internet is regarded as backward.

I never thought I will ever get back into films when I took that break. 'English Vinglish' just happened.

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

Standard English is very imperialistic, controlled, and precise; it's not got a lot of funk or soul to it.

I've always had a great fondness for English detective fiction such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.

A native speaker of English who has never read a word of the King James Bible is verging on the barbarian.

The French, the Italians, the Germans, the Spanish and the English have spent centuries killing each other.

My opinion is that more languages you speak, better it is, but when you come to America, you speak English.

I do not think any thinking individual buys a sports franchise, or an English football club, to make money.

Somebody said to me that I speak English almost like somebody for whom English is not their first language.

English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.

If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers.

My dad's an English teacher and my mum's a midwife. Then my mum's side of the family are all crazy creative.

I love the English. My God, they brought us 'Benny Hill,' 'Monty Python,' 'The Office,' Neville Chamberlain.

I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.

Sure, I know that I cannot speak in proper English. I know that I can't sing in proper English. I don't care.

I'm not sure how I'd survive without English Breakfast tea. Even in the Caribbean, I must drink 20 cups a day.

I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America, and they never really forgave me.

I am enjoying playing English football. It is very beautiful. With every game I play, I feel more comfortable.

My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language.

I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war.

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