English Degree Quotes

Good English, well spoken and well written will open more doors than a college degree ... Bad English will slam doors you don't even know exist. — William Raspberry

In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.
(On the Bravery of the English Common Soldiers) — Samuel Johnson

I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work. — Natalie Massenet

Which is great, since my English teacher hates late students like I hate riding my motorcycle in forty-degree weather while it rains. — Katie McGarry

I've always enjoyed writing, I graduated with a degree in English; I've done bits of journalism. — Michael York

My master's degree was in English literature. — Sylvia Browne

She wasn't some little princess from the suburbs who just graduated college with a humanities degree, she knew what people were really like. — David Wong

I graduated with an English degree and worked for awhile in academic publishing. — Mallory Ortberg

The English alphabet is pure insanity ... , It can hardly spell any word in the language with any degree of certainty. — Mark Twain

I'm using my degree. You know, I studied English and American literature in college, and now I'm an American poet. — Eileen Myles

I finally returned to Iran in 1979, when I got my degree in English and American literature, and stayed for 18 years in the Islamic republic. — Azar Nafisi

I took English courses in college, but I don't have an English degree. I have a degree in economics. — Patrick Carman