Famous quotes containing the words english and/or dictionary:
“Why cant the English teach their children how to speak?”
—Alan Jay Lerner (19181986)
“If someday I make a dictionary of definitions wanting single words to head them, a cherished entry will be To abridge, expand, or otherwise alter or cause to be altered for the sake of belated improvement, ones own writings in translation.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (18991977)