T Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with T. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“The English as a race are not worth saving!”
“The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.”
“The English can be a very critical, unforgiving people, but criticism can be good. And this is a country that loves comedy.”
“The English can laugh and at the same time strike you down, without the least compunction. It is the secret of their success as a nation.”
“The English certainly and fiercely pride themselves in never praising
themselves.”
“The English contribution to world cuisine: the chip.”
“The English country house is certainly an icon of British culture.”
“The English country-gentleman galloping after a fox — the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.”
“The English countryside is the most staggeringly beautiful place. I can't spend as much time there as I like, but I like everything about it. I like fishing, I like clay- pigeon shooting.”
“The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.”
“The English critic George Saintsbury once compared the act of sentence making--the letting out and pulling in of clauses--to the letting out and pulling in of the slide of a trombone or the "draws" of a telescope.”
Source: Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose
“The English dance unites the guests of an evening by the spell of rhythmical movement into a chance casual community.”
“The English delight in Silence more than any other European Nation, if the Remarks which are made on us by Foreigners are true.”
Source: The spectator
“The English doctrine that all power is a trust for the public good.”
“the English don't go in for imagination: imagination is considered to be improper if not downright alarmist.”
Source: The View From The Ground
“The English Established Church... will more readily pardon an attack on 38 of its 39 articles than on 1/39 of its income.”
Source: Capital: An Abridged Edition
“The English experience suggested that nobody really doubted the existence of God until theologians tried to prove it.”
“the English explorer Richard Burton told the story of an Englishman finding his new wife unconscious on the marital bed, having chloroformed herself. She had pinned a note to her nightdress which read: 'Mama says you're to do what you like.”
Source: A Strange Kind of Paradise: India Through Foreign Eyes
“The English feel schadenfreude even about themselves.”
“The English follow the principle that when one lies, it should be a big lie, and one should stick to it.”
“The English follow the principle that when one lies, one should lie big, and stick to it. They keep up their lies, even at the risk of looking ridiculous.”
“The English gentleman is a combination of silence, courtesy, dignity, sport, newspapers and honesty.”
“The English government having determined not to respect my rights as a French citizen and officer, and summoned me before a court martial, I have been sentenced to death. I have served the Republic faithfully, and my death, as well as that of my brother, a victim like myself, and condemned in the same manner about a month ago, will sufficiently prove it. I have sacrificed for the Republic all that man holds dear - my wife, my children, my liberty, my life.”
“The English have a heavy hearted way of amusing themselves.”
“The English have a miraculous power of turning wine into water.”
Source: Epigrams of Oscar Wilde
“The English have a scornful insular way Of calling the French light.”
Source: Poetical works
“The English have a wellspring of comedy that will never be exhausted: the combination of bestial urges and excellent manners.”
“The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour.”
“The English have always been greedy for news of times past, with that mixture of fatalism and melancholy which is part of the national character.”
“The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.”
“The English have loudly and openly told the world that skis and dogs are unusable in these regions and that fur clothes are rubbish. We shall see — we shall see.”
“The English have no exaulted sentiments. They can all be bought.”
“The English have no imagination: and yet they do show imagination in two things - two only. In the evening-clothes worn by old ladies, and in their cafés.”
Source: The Little Virtues
“The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.”
“The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it. They spell it so abominably that no man can teach himself what it soundslike.It isimpossible foran Englishmanto openhis mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.”
“The English have no soul; they have the understatement instead.”
Source: How to be an Alien: A Handbook for Beginners and Advanced Pupils
“The English have only three sauces - a white one, a brown one and a yellow one, and none of them have any flavor whatever.”
“The English have this extraordianry respect for longevity. The best example of this was Queen Victoria, a most unpleasant woman who achieved a sort of public affection simply by living to be an enormous age.”
“The English inn stands permanently planted at the confluence of the roads of history, memory, and romance.”
Source: The Man with a Load of Mischief
“The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it.”
Source: The Later Ego: Consisting of Ego 8 and Ego 9
“The English invented cricket to make other human endeavors look interesting.”
“The English judged a person so that they'd be justified in casting her out. The Amish judged a person so that they'd be justified in welcoming her back. Where I'm from, if someone is accused of sinning, it's not so that others can place blame. It's so that the person can make amends and move on.”
“The English kill their meat twice: once when they slaughter it and once when they cook it.”
“The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable.”
“The English landscape at its finest - such as I saw this morning - possesses a quality that the landscapes of other nations, however more superficially dramatic, inevitably fail to possess. It is, I believe, a quality that will mark out the English landscape to any objective observer as the most deeply satisfying in the world, and this quality is probably best summed up by the term 'greatness.'”
Source: The Remains of the Day
“The English Language Amendment says above all, 'Let's see to it that our children, our young people, learn English. Let us not deny them the opportunity to participate in American life, so that they can go as far as their dreams and talents can take them.”
“The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but they are both not the kind of thing you can run up in half an hour with a machine.”
“The English language has about 450,000 commonly used words, but more may be needed. What to you call someone who has lost a sibling or had a miscarriage? Or a gay person whose partner has died? Or an elderly person who has lost every friend and relative? So many heartaches can't be found in the dictionary.”
“The English language is an arsenal of weapons. If you are going to brandish them without checking to see whether or not they are loaded, you must expect to have them explode in your face from time to time.”
“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.”