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No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another.

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I need not repeat familiar arguments about the waste of teachers' time, and the difficulties thrown in the way of English children trying to learn the...more

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I know your head aches. I know you're tired. I know your nerves are as raw as meat in a butcher's window. But think what you're trying to accomplish -...more

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A woman who utters such depressing and disgusting sounds has no right to be anywhere - no right to live. Remember that you are a human being with a so...more

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HIGGINS [aggrieved] Do you mean that my language is improper?MRS HIGGINS. No, dearest: it would be quite proper - say on a canal barge...

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HOSTESS. Oh, nonsense! She speaks English perfectly.NEPOMMUCK. Too perfectly. Can you shew me any English woman who speaks English as it should be spo...more