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Despite centuries of English literature, the most famous split infinitive in all of history comes from Star Trek. — R. Curtis Venture

Philippe also brought along musicians - mainly trumpeters and drummers - to scare the enemy. Even then, French music was known to terrify the English. — Stephen Clarke

Ah! The English language was a wonderful thing! You could always find the right word. He only wished he could speak the language. — Terry Jones

The older I get, and the more collections I do, the more I'm driven by real style and beauty. My aim is to reveal and not to display women. — Phoebe Philo

They're not so bad. They just need some attention ... Like pets. Or my brother. — Rick Riordan

The English take everything with an exquisite sense of humour. They are only offended if you tell them that they have no sense of humour. — George Mikes

The Pawns are the soul of the game — Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

C'mon. I'll show you."
"Thou speakest strange!" Pearl said.
"So do thou!" I said.
"Thee!"
"Thou!" I said. — Eileen Favorite

Anything that just costs money is cheap. — John Steinbeck

Always accepting the greatest joy of all is the time that I get to spend with my wife. — James Lipton

You Englishmen,' said Herr Wurter. 'You are all the same. Wherever you are you behave as if you were at home and your word was law. — Derek Raymond

The hardest part about being in radiohead is being inside a giant head that is a radio. Ha ha, little english humour there, or is it a hammer? — Thom Yorke

Dogs, monkeys, and parrots are a thousand times less miserable than we are. — Voltaire

And to those who use well what they are given, even more will be given. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away. — Anonymous

For my last birthday, Dad bought me a pocket-sized Collins English Dictionary. It would only fit in a pocket that had been specially designed. — Joe Dunthorne

I don't clean now, because I'm paralyzed. But let me tell you, I would clean. I cleaned, and I ironed. It's my inner femininity. — Michael Graves

I imagine hell like this: Italian punctuality, German humour and English wine. — Peter Ustinov

I prefer the finesse of French humour. English humour is more scathing, more cruel, as illustrated by Monty Python and Little Britain. — Helen Mirren

Thought's a luxury. Do you think the peasant sits and thinks of God and Democracy when he gets inside his mud hut at night? — Graham Greene

For a terrifying moment I thought he was going to hug me, but fortunately we both remembered we were English just in time. Still, it was a close call. — Ben Aaronovitch

I felt vindicated that I decided to speak up for not only myself but women all across the nation who've been put down. — Gretchen Carlson

If you can make it down to the pub, the pub will make it up to you. — Benny Bellamacina

But to understand English is one thing; to understand an Englishman who talks is another. — Aleister Crowley

I wish I believed in something, Madison thought. I wish I belonged somewhere. — Cinda Williams Chima

Polysyllables obfuscate a preponderant ignorance with so much more style and panache. — John Patrick Lowrie

The English summer is never far away; it's just above the clouds. — Benny Bellamacina

The English understand the nuance of insult better than any other race — Helen Bryan

In my time first cousins did not meet like strangers. But we are learning modesty from the Americans, and old English ways are too gross for us. — J. Sheridan Le Fanu

Giving birth was easier than having a tattoo. — Nicole Appleton

The weak attempts to know you through the reports from 3rd parties. The strong dig deeper and spend time to understand your true self. — Assegid Habtewold

If water was beer I'd be a teetotaler — Benny Bellamacina

The Australian fans are really friendly and personable; the sense of humour is a lot less dry than the English. — Tom Hopper

A coward cannot have any prayer answered. — Nichiren

Writing's still the most difficult job I've ever had - but it's worth it. — John Grisham