English quotes

Explore the beauty of the English language with a compilation of awe-inspiring quotes. Dive into the eloquence and power of words that capture the essence of life, love, and everything in between. Immerse yourself in renowned literature and witness the magic of English unravel before your eyes.

Vigorous writing is concise.

- William Strunk, Jr.

The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.

- John Cleese

I'm not speaking as someone who has reached satori or anything else. I'm a student.

- Sting

Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

- Edmund Waller

Mind you, the Elizabethans had so many words for the female genitals that it is quite hard to speak a sentence of modern English without inadvertently mentioning at least three of them.

- Terry Prachett

I was always ready to leave England for some absurd reason.

- Claire Forlani

The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.

- Sting

Your senses are reeling all the time. Finally you find something to write and the very next day you go out and see something else which totally contradicts what you've written and every conclusion you've come to.

- Charles Dance

I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.

- Malcolm Bradbury

Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.

- Laurence Sterne

What I appreciated was the fact that the script delved into how Australians were - and still are - condescended to by the English.

- Geoffrey Rush

I think there's room for both private exploration and group work in Yoga.

- Sting

Everything that we inherit, the rain, the skies, the speech, and anybody who works in the English language in Ireland knows that there's the dead ghost of Gaelic in the language we use and listen to and that those things will reflect our Irish identity.

- John McGahern

Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above.

- Edmund Waller

The English are crooked as a nation and honest as individuals. The contrary is true of the French, who are honest as a nation and crooked as individuals.

- Edmond de Goncourt

I've spent a bit of time with the Prince of Wales, who I respect greatly. I'd give two cheers for the Monarchy.

- Sting

I've always been the first to admit that Jimi was a very big influence on my early stuff.

- Robin Trower

There are those moments when you shake someone's hand, have a conversation with someone, and suddenly your all bound together because you share your humanity in one simple moment.

- Ralph Fiennes

The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.

- Manfred von Richthofen

My mom and dad just loved the fact that I fooled around. They just embraced it. They'd always kind of enjoy it, and they liked it when I made them laugh.

- Dominic Monaghan