English Quotes

For more than 260 years, scientists from Kew have explored every corner of the world documenting the rich diversity of plants and fungi. We were beacons of discovery and science, but also beacons of privilege and exploitation. #RichardDeverell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 3, 2026

As long as people don't know about asexuality [not knowing that saying no forever and for any reason and in any context is okay] sex education, sex therapy, and popular depictions of sex are incomplete and people don't have the relevant information to fully consent. #AngelaChen

As long as people don't know about asexuality [not knowing that saying no forever and for any reason and in any context is okay] sex education, sex therapy, and popular depictions of sex are incomplete and people don't have the relevant information to fully consent. #AngelaChen — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 3, 2026

Don't hire people just to fit the first job they will do; hire people you want to share your life with. #RayDalio

Don't hire people just to fit the first job they will do; hire people you want to share your life with. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 3, 2026

We were bothered by sex because it is a fundamentally disruptive, overwhelming and demented force, strongly at odds with the majority of our ambitions and all but incapable of being discreetly integrated within civilized society. #AlaindeBotton

We were bothered by sex because it is a fundamentally disruptive, overwhelming and demented force, strongly at odds with the majority of our ambitions and all but incapable of being discreetly integrated within civilized society. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 3, 2026

If pupils suffer from attention disorders, stress and low grades, perhaps we ought to blame outdated teaching methods, overcrowded classrooms and an unnaturally fast tempo of life. #YuvalNoahHarari

If pupils suffer from attention disorders, stress and low grades, perhaps we ought to blame outdated teaching methods, overcrowded classrooms and an unnaturally fast tempo of life. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 3, 2026

It's easy to say that sex is important and it's harder to be vulnerable enough to say that sex is important because a lack of sex creates fear and insecurity. #AngelaChen

It's easy to say that sex is important and it's harder to be vulnerable enough to say that sex is important because a lack of sex creates fear and insecurity. #AngelaChen — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 2, 2026

Peoples once accustomed to masters are not in a condition to do without them. If they attempt to shake off the yoke, they still more estrange themselves from freedom, as [...] they nearly always manage [...] to hand themselves over to seducers ... #JeanJacquesRousseau

Peoples once accustomed to masters are not in a condition to do without them. If they attempt to shake off the yoke, they still more estrange themselves from freedom, as [...] they nearly always manage [...] to hand themselves over to seducers ... #JeanJacquesRousseau — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 2, 2026

We should be aiming to lead lives that feel long because we have managed to imbue them with the right sort of open-hearted appreciation and unsnobbish receptivity, the kind that five-year-olds know naturally how to bring to bear. #TheSchoolOfLife

We should be aiming to lead lives that feel long because we have managed to imbue them with the right sort of open-hearted appreciation and unsnobbish receptivity, the kind that five-year-olds know naturally how to bring to bear. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 2, 2026

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously. #HenryKissinger

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously. #HenryKissinger — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 2, 2026

The old equation has changed. Most families no longer save money by keeping wives at home. They lose by not having wives in the workplace, where women have more opportunities than in the past to earn decent wages. #StephanieCoontz

The old equation has changed. Most families no longer save money by keeping wives at home. They lose by not having wives in the workplace, where women have more opportunities than in the past to earn decent wages. #StephanieCoontz — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 2, 2026

Differences give rise to disagreements, and the combination of these disagreements can give rise to even greater misunderstandings. As a result, sometimes people are unfairly criticized. #HarukiMurakami

Differences give rise to disagreements, and the combination of these disagreements can give rise to even greater misunderstandings. As a result, sometimes people are unfairly criticized. #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 2, 2026

Idealism easily becomes dangerous because it brings with it, almost inevitably, the belief that the ends justify the means. If you are fighting for good or for God, what matters is the outcome, not the path. #JonathanHaidt

Idealism easily becomes dangerous because it brings with it, almost inevitably, the belief that the ends justify the means. If you are fighting for good or for God, what matters is the outcome, not the path. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 1, 2026

If you speak English, 200 million out of 1.2 billion people will be able to understand you. If you speak Hindi, you have the ears of about 500 million people. If you speak Tamil, you have only 60 million people... It is a great handicap for any prime minister of India #LeeKuanYew

If you speak English, 200 million out of 1.2 billion people will be able to understand you. If you speak Hindi, you have the ears of about 500 million people. If you speak Tamil, you have only 60 million people... It is a great handicap for any prime minister of India #LeeKuanYew — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 1, 2026

If utopia means the highest set of values we want to defend and see implemented in social life, nothing prevents us from hanging on to all of them even if we know that they will never be perfectly compatible with each other. #LeszekKolakowski

If utopia means the highest set of values we want to defend and see implemented in social life, nothing prevents us from hanging on to all of them even if we know that they will never be perfectly compatible with each other. #LeszekKolakowski — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 1, 2026

Society may subsist, though not in the most comfortable state, without beneficence; but the prevalence of injustice must utterly destroy it. #AdamSmith