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  • Second-generation Hispanics marry non-Hispanics at a higher rate than second-generation Irish or Italians. Second-generation Hispanics' English language capability rates are higher than previous immigrant groups'.

  • I have said my philosophy - I'm a backyard philosopher, I guess - is that the dirtiest word in the English language is "retirement."

    Source: www.news-journalonline.com
  • The English gentleman is a combination of silence, courtesy, dignity, sport, newspapers and honesty.

  • It is derogatory to the dignity of mankind, it is derogatory to the dignity of India, to entertain for one single moment hatred towards Englishmen.

    Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”
  • I have always felt cookbooks were fiction and the most beautiful words in the English language were 'room service.

    Erma Bombeck (2011). “I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression”, p.97, Fawcett
  • The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.

    Taken   Sailor   Ancient  
    Samuel Butler (2008). “The Note-books of Samuel Butler: Easyread Comfort Edition”, p.49, ReadHowYouWant.com
  • The United States, a land of immigrants from every corner of the world, has been strengthened and unified because its newcomers have historically chosen ultimately to forgo their native language for the English language. We have all benefited from the sharing of ideas, of cultures and beliefs, made possible by a common language. We have all enriched each other.

  • I'm talking to a journalist and I really have nothing to say anymore, this is already uncomfortable. I feel the pain coming already. The brutal pain, when one day I should read your edit of whatever I say, because no matter what I say, no matter how I say it, no matter its tone, its frequency range, its decibel level or the way in which I put the words together, no matter my intentions and no matter the truth. What I'll read one day will be a chastised, manipulated abortion of your misunderstandings, your manipulations, your agenda and your amateur use of the English language.

    Pain   Talking   Abortion  
  • ... suddenly I was a kid in the hall standing outside my locker about to head to Math. But that was how it went sometimes, the English language, when you really needed it, crumbled to clay in your mouth. That's when all the real things were said.

    Real   Kids   Math  
  • While he has not, in my hearing, spoken the English language, he makes it perfectly plain that he understands it. And he uses his ears, tail, eyebrows, various rumbles and grunts, the slant of his great cold nose or a succession of heartrending sighs to get his meaning across.

    Dog   Eyebrows   Tails  
    Jean Little (1990). “Stars Come Out Within”, Markham, Ont. : Viking
  • We the undersigned, intend to establish an instruction and training institution which differs from the common elementary schools principally in that it will embrace, outside of (in addition to) the general and elementary curriculum, all branches of the classical high school, which are necessary for a true Christian and scientific education, such as: Religion, the Latin, Greek, Hebrew, German, French and English languages; History, Geography, Mathematics, Physics, natural history, Introduction to Philosophy, Music, and Drawing.

  • It would be a sad day for India if it has to inherit the English scale and the English tastes so utterly unsuitable to the Indian environment.

    India   Would Be   Taste  
    Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Collected Works”
  • Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is the case especially in many English-language newspapers. Instead, they contain a political message, and the artist takes full responsibility.

    "Don't smile when you say that" by Umberto Eco, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2002.
  • The love in his eyes was so powerful, I needed to look away. Seth had an amazing grasp of the English language, but there were days when that skill was nothing compared to what he told me in his looks.

    Powerful   Eye   Skills  
    Richelle Mead (2008). “Succubus Dreams: Urban Fantasy”, p.279, Random House
  • The work that the kids saw around them was so odious, so boring, so worthless that they came to regard WORK as the only dirty four-letter word in the English language.

    Dirty   Kids   Four  
    Abbie Hoffman (1969). “Woodstock nation: a talk-rock album”
  • The top 10 verbs in the English language are all irregular, even though irregular verbs make up only 3 per cent of the language.

    Top 10   Verbs   Language  
  • The First Amendment...begins with the five loveliest words in the English language: 'Congress shall make no law'.

  • The English language is not always the President's friend.

  • Our children learn the phonetic method, which is why they're very good spellers, I suppose. Because rather than ABC or just saying a word, they'll have to go a as in apple and all the other a's there are in the English language. They learn that when they're four. Children all over America can tell you that a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y are vowels. But you ask them about that "sometimes y," and they can't tell you.

    Source: reason.com
  • The English language is direct, unapologetic, and wonderfully amoral. Italian has a beautiful sound, but you cannot help but feel that you are always dealing with ghosts from the past and the looming dark presence of the Vatican.

    "Go Forth (vol. 5)". Interview with Brandon Hobson, logger.believermag.com. November 21, 2012.
  • The most important word in the English language is hope.

  • Two of the saddest words in the English language are, 'What party?' And LA is the 'What party?' capital of the world.

    Party   Two   World  
    "'Get me to the funny bar'". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. February 16, 2004.
  • Somebody once said that the Irish derived the greatest benefit from the English language. They court it like a beautiful woman. They make it bray with donkey laughter, they fling it at the sky like paint pots full of rainbow colors.

    Source: bigthink.com
  • There are people who look forward to spending their sunset years in the sunshine; it is my own retirement dream to await my death indoors, dragging strangers up dusty staircases while coughing up one of the most thrilling phrases in the English language: 'It was on this spot…' My fantasy is to one day become a docent.

    FaceBook post by Sarah Vowell from May 06, 2010
  • If the English educated neglect, as they have done and even now continue, as some do, to be ignorant of their mother tongue, linguistic starvation will abide.

    Mother   Ignorant   Done  
    Mahatma Gandhi (1981). “Collected Works”
  • There is as much need for a change of heart among the Hindus and Mussalmans as there is among the British, before a proper settlement is arrived at.

    Heart   Needs   Language  
    Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”
  • George Orwell once blamed the demise of the English language on politics. It's quite possible he never read a prospectus.

  • With the requests of some he complied, and has published a discourse, delivered before the Society for recovering drowned persons, which may be justly pronounced one of the most beautiful and interesting sermons in the English language.

  • The world was made before English language, and seemingly upon a different design.

    Robert Louis Stevenson (1999). “The Lantern-Bearers and Other Essays”, p.97, Cooper Square Press
  • Civilization is not an incurable disease, but it should never be forgotten that the English people are at present afflicted by it.

    Mahatma Gandhi, Rudrangshu Mukherjee (1993). “The Penguin Gandhi Reader”, p.18, Penguin Books India
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