I don't have an English accent because this is what English sounds like when spoken properly. —James Carr More about this quote Tags: English Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “English” I think I succeeded as a writer because I did not come out of an English department. I used to write in the chemistry department. And I wrote some good stuff. If I had been in the English department, the prof would have looked at my short stories, congratulated me on my talent, and then showed me how Joyce or Hemingway handled the same elements of the short story. The prof would have placed me in competition with the greatest writers of all time, and that would have ended my writing career. —Kurt Vonnegut More about this quote Tags: talent career writing English Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Here will be an old abusing of God's patience and the king's English. —William Shakespeare More about this quote Tags: English Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them. —Robert Graves More about this quote Tags: English Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to? —Clarence Darrow More about this quote Tags: English Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English — up to fifty words used in correct context — no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese. —Carl Sagan More about this quote Tags: learning communication animals English interest dolphins Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I think I succeeded as a writer because I did not come out of an English department. I used to write in the chemistry department. And I wrote some good stuff. If I had been in the English department, the prof would have looked at my short stories, congratulated me on my talent, and then showed me how Joyce or Hemingway handled the same elements of the short story. The prof would have placed me in competition with the greatest writers of all time, and that would have ended my writing career. —Kurt Vonnegut More about this quote Tags: talent career writing English Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Here will be an old abusing of God's patience and the king's English. —William Shakespeare More about this quote Tags: English Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them. —Robert Graves More about this quote Tags: English Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Even if you do learn to speak correct English, whom are you going to speak it to? —Clarence Darrow More about this quote Tags: English Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English — up to fifty words used in correct context — no human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese. —Carl Sagan More about this quote Tags: learning communication animals English interest dolphins Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email