quotes about english

To unpathed waters, undreamed shores. ~William Shakespeare


Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. ~Ambrose Bierce


Nothing risque, nothing gained. ~Alexander Woollcott


The greatest crimes are caused by surfeit, not by want. ~Aristotle, Politics


Home is where you hang your @. ~Author Unknown


An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe it. ~Don Marquis


I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. ~Joseph Baretti, quoted by James Boswell, 1766, commonly misattributed to Samuel Johnson


I could not say I believe. I know! I have had the experience of being gripped by something that is stronger than myself, something that people call God. ~Carl Jung


The inertia hardest to overcome is that of perfectly good seconds. ~Martin H. Fischer


If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. ~Lord Byron


Parenthood: That state of being better chaperoned than you were before marriage. ~Marcelene Cox


You men are not our protectors.... If you were, who would there be to protect us from? ~Mary Edwards Walker


I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. ~James Michener


Little dew-drops of celestial melody. ~Thomas Carlyle


No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb


A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks. ~Charles Gordy


Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth. ~Oscar Wilde


It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice. ~Author Unknown


A man who was fond of wine was offered some grapes at dessert after dinner. "Much obliged," said he, pushing the plate aside, "I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills." ~Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin


The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring. ~Warren Chappell