Although spoken English doesn't obey the rules of written language, a person who doesn't know the rules thoroughly is at a great disadvantage.
Marilyn vos Savant
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... →
Dorothy L. Sayers
I was also in love with the English language.
Dick Schaap
I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue and hook a... →
Each generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the gospel in understandable terms, considering the language... →
Francis Schaeffer
People who share the same language, French or Chinese or whatever, have the same vocal cords and emit sounds which are basically the same, as they... →
Pierre Schaeffer
That means presenting the issues in certain ways that will appeal to those people and then becoming a prisoner of your own language and thought... →
Robert Scheer
One of the biggest problems is - you know, I've got some Hispanic friends - is that a lot of those folks that don't know English, is... →
Bobby Schilling
In 'Pictures from an Institution,' Randall Jarrell was able to transcend the academic novel by simply ignoring it, writing a comedy with no... →
Cathleen Schine
I wanted to become a director before I wanted to become a writer. When I was 10, people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up, and I said... →
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt