“The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'cheque enclosed.”
Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
Deconstructing Harry (1997)
“The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'cheque enclosed.”
Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
Ted Cruz (1970) American politician
2010s, Speech at the Republican National Convention (July 20, 2016)
Henry James (1843–1916) American novelist, short story author, and literary critic
Quoted by Edith Wharton, A Backward Glance (1934), ch. 10.
“The four most expensive words in the English language are "this time it’s different."”
John Marks Templeton (1912–2008) stock investor, businessman and philanthropist
As quoted in The Four Pillars of Investing : Lessons for Building a Winning Portfolio (2002) by William Bernstein
Linus Torvalds (1969) Finnish-American software engineer and hacker
<nowiki>Re: [GIT pull https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg467322.html, x86 updates for 3.11</nowiki>, Torvalds, Linus, 2013-07-13, 2013-07-15] <br class="br">2010s, 2013
“Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language.”
Raymond Williams (1921–1988) philosopher
Keywords (1983)
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989)
Remarks to Future Farmers of America http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1988/072888c.htm (28 July 1988) <br class="br">1980s, Second term of office (1985–1989)
“You know what they say - the sweetest word in the English language is revenge.”
Peter Beard (1938–2020) American photographer and writer
Interview magazine, 1978.
Charles Dickens (1812–1870) English writer and social critic and a Journalist
La difficulté d'écrire l'anglais m'est extrêmement ennuyeuse. Ah, mon Dieu! si l'on pouvait toujours écrire cette belle langue de France!
Letter to John Foster (7 July 1850)