John Daly Quotes

Math was my favorite subject, and English was my worst.

I'm an English teacher, so I'm used to reading and I'm used to reading out loud.

I love to write. English is my favorite subject in school.

English was my worst subject in school.

I find words really hard.

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.

I like English, and I like writing essays, and that kind of stuff.

My favorite subject probably was math. I love math. Figures just intrigue me. I was really good at math. English probably was my worst subject. But I used to write a lot of poetry. I used to write poetry all the time.

What I want is for people to really grab hold of language and not be nervous about it. 'The Word Spy' is all about diving in and playing with words.

I like writing books. I really love words. I love to read.

In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.

I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes.

My dad was an English professor.

I was a terrible English student.

I excelled in English while I was at school.

I was also in love with the English language.

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

I can give advice to anyone interested in writing in one word: Read! I think it's much more important to be a reader than to be a writer!

I'm not very good at standard English.

I was always told that I was good in mathematics, and I guess my grades and standardized test scores supported that. My worst subjects were those that generally involved a lot of reading - English and history. So, having good test scores in math and mediocre ones in reading, I was naturally advised to major in engineering in college.

My mother had been a Latin teacher, and she was always very fascinated with words. She and I shared books and responded to them.

I was an English major at Brown. I never enjoyed history classes.

Working with language requires beauty for me.

I love the English language. Words have power.

I wasn't a very good writer before college. I don't think I was a very good reader.