Quotes about Languages

I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.' Votes: 4

Languages are true analytical methods. Votes: 3

Languages are the keys of science. Votes: 3

Languages are the pedigree of nations. Votes: 3

Languages shape the way we think, or don't. Votes: 3

Languages that try to disallow idiocy become themselves idiotic. Votes: 3

[Languages] became a tool that served me my whole life. Votes: 3

Languages are dying at an unprecedented rate. A language dies every 14 days. Votes: 3

People remember Longfellow wrote Hiawatha, quite forget he was a Professor of Modern Languages! Votes: 3

Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey. Votes: 3

Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other. Votes: 3

I want you to go to the Ancient Languages Department at Trinity College tomorrow morning, Ms.Lane. Votes: 3

Languages are jealous sovereigns, and passports are rarely allowed for travellers to cross their strictly guarded borders. Votes: 3

Languages proclaim that woman is half of man, and by parity of reasoning, man is half of woman. Votes: 3

Anacalypsis: An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil of the Saitic or an Inquiry into the Origin of Languages, Nations and Religions. Votes: 3

Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure. Votes: 3

Someone gave me the Love Languages book, and that has been the best book I've ever read about relationships and has helped me the most. Votes: 3

Languages, like our bodies, are in a perpetual flux, and stand in need of recruits to supply those words that are continually falling, through disuse. Votes: 3

'I wish life was not so short,' he thought. 'Languages take such a time, and so do all the things one wants to know about.' Votes: 3

Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic process that leaves them teeming with irregularities, quirks, and words like 'knight.' Votes: 3

I speak two languages, Body and English. Votes: 2

Love will find its way through all languages on its own. Votes: 2

There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion. Votes: 2

I love commuting between languages just like I love commuting between cultures and cities. Votes: 2

It's amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable. Votes: 2

Many children make up, or begin to make up, imaginary languages. I have been at it since I could write. Votes: 2

I have 'Happy Birthday' in multiple languages on my iPod - I like to play it at company birthday parties. Votes: 2

Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag. Votes: 2

The first problem of the media is posed by what does not get translated, or even published in the dominant political languages. Votes: 2

It is literally the case that learning languages makes you smarter. The neural networks in the brain strengthen as a result of language learning. Votes: 2

I fell in love with words in all languages, and I read everything I could find, particularly myths and legends and histories and archeology and any novels. Votes: 2

Since at least the Middle Ages, philosophers and philologists have dreamed of curing natural languages of their flaws by constructing entirely new idioms according to orderly, logical principles. Votes: 2

Shakespeare is the true multicultural author. He exists in all languages. He is put on the stage everywhere. Everyone feels that they are represented by him on the stage. Votes: 2

Yes, we are all different. Different customs, different foods, different mannerisms, different languages, but not so different that we cannot get along with one another. If we will disagree without being disagreeable. Votes: 2

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot. Votes: 2

English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese. Votes: 2

Cultures, along with the religions that shape and nurture them, are value systems, sets of traditions and habits clustered around one or several languages, producing meaning: for the self, for the here and now, for the community, for life. Votes: 2

It is generally recognised that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multi-tasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial awareness. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that women might be less good at mathematics and physics. Votes: 2

Foreign languages was the only thing that interested me when I was at school, so playing in another language... it is quite demanding because if it is not your mother tongue, you are missing some connotations and some emotional depth of certain things. Votes: 2

In both business and personal life, I've always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry. Votes: 2

Who was Amanda Knox? Was she a fresh-faced honor student from Seattle who met anyone's definition of an all-American girl - attractive, athletic, smart, hard-working, adventuresome, in love with languages and travel? Or was her pretty face a mask, a duplicitous cover for a depraved soul? Votes: 2

Like all young reporters - brilliant or hopelessly incompetent - I dreamed of the glamorous life of the foreign correspondent: prowling Vienna in a Burberry trench coat, speaking a dozen languages to dangerous women, narrowly escaping Sardinian bandits - the usual stuff that newspaper dreams are made of. Votes: 2

In Asian languages, the word for 'mind' and the word for 'heart' are same. So if you're not hearing mindfulness in some deep way as heartfulness, you're not really understanding it. Compassion and kindness towards oneself are intrinsically woven into it. You could think of mindfulness as wise and affectionate attention. Votes: 2

Lucy Mercedes Martinez, my mother, was probably my first mentor. She really tried to take care of me in spite of myself, and in spite of her own struggles with alcohol. She was an immigrant who had never finished school. But she was also a Renaissance woman who read voraciously. She spoke several languages. Votes: 2

It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to us than Elves, or even than Dwarves. Of old they spoke the languages of Men, after their own fashion, and liked and disliked much the same things as Men did. But what exactly our relationship is can no longer be discovered. Votes: 2

Sometimes we speak different languages, but our hearts are the same. Votes: 1

Colors speak all languages. Votes: 0

All women speak two languages: Votes: 0

I'm pretty good with languages. Votes: 0

I'm flatulent in many languages. Votes: 0

Eyes...They speak all languages. Votes: 0

I would like to speak 10 languages. Votes: 0

I have a good ear for languages. Votes: 0

Hebrew is deeply inspired by other languages. Votes: 0

How many languages do we really speak? Votes: 0

I was very adept at acquiring languages. Votes: 0

With languages, you are at home anywhere Votes: 0

We're persecuted in the most civilized languages. Votes: 0

I never found accents difficult, after learning languages. Votes: 0

Different languages cut the world into different slices. Votes: 0

Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom. Votes: 0

The internet is an amazing medium for languages, Votes: 0

The dance is the mother of all languages. Votes: 0

I had to know at least two languages. Votes: 0

You who speak languages, you are such liars. Votes: 0

He who has two languages has two souls. Votes: 0

It is time for dead languages to be quiet. Votes: 0

The most heroic word in all languages is revolution. Votes: 0

The German language is the organ among the languages. Votes: 0

My favourite films are in languages I don't understand. Votes: 0

But the Dutch speak four languages and smoke marijuana. Votes: 0

All languages had their birth, their apogee and decline. Votes: 0

We only speak two languages here: English and profanity. Votes: 0

We exchanged many frank words in our respective languages. Votes: 0

Give your mind a chance to travel through foreign languages. Votes: 0

There's no such thing as dead languages, only dormant minds. Votes: 0

That's the trouble with languages. They have to be learned. Votes: 0

The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury. Votes: 0

I had a quick ear and could pick up languages. Votes: 0

I have no words. Sixteen languages, but no words. -Vishous Votes: 0

If you know two languages, the level of your intelligence Votes: 0

A thing well said will be wit in all languages. Votes: 0

Women speak two languages - one of which is verbal. Votes: 0

Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress. Votes: 0

I find languages that support just one programming paradigm constraining Votes: 0

Support for alternate languages will largely depend on the underlying OS. Votes: 0

Modern man is educated to understand foreign languages and misunderstand foreigners. Votes: 0

The conquest of learning is achieved through the knowledge of languages. Votes: 0

Because there'd be two languages I couldn't speak, French and English. Votes: 0

Look, lady I only speak two languages: English and Bad English! Votes: 0

He who knows no foreign languages knows nothing of his own. Votes: 0

A man who can speak two languages is worth two men. Votes: 0

I've said it a million times: Romance languages lead to premarital sex. Votes: 0

Two languages in one brain? No one can live at that speed! Votes: 0

If you've got a dozen pitchers, you need to speak 12 different languages. Votes: 0

I can fluently speak five languages: English, emoji, sexting, sarcasm and sass. Votes: 0

life perpetuated in parti-colored loves and beautiful lies all in different languages. Votes: 0

The more you speak more languages, the more you understand about yourself. Votes: 0

He who knows other languages feels even closer to his own language. Votes: 0

Ingrid Bergman speaks five languages and can't act in any of them. Votes: 0

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own. Votes: 0

I grew up speaking both languages, and for me that's really important. Votes: 0

Man is multiplied by the number of languages he possesses and speaks. Votes: 0

Believe it or not, Japanese is actually easier than some European languages! Votes: 0

If you don't know foreign languages, you don't know anything about your own. Votes: 0

It's very hard having a career in different continents and two different languages. Votes: 0

Most metaphysical words in Hopi are verbs, not nouns as in European languages. Votes: 0

Most metaphysical words in Hopi are verbs, not nouns as in European languages. Votes: 0

I may speak many languages, but there remains one in which I live. Votes: 0

He cared for languages dead long enough that they wouldn't change on him. Votes: 0

As many languages you know, as many times you are a human being Votes: 0

That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say 'No' in any of them. Votes: 0

The idea of morphology of languages is something that I'm really interested in. Votes: 0

As you can see, I speak many languages, including the language of sex. Votes: 0

They have been at a great feast of languages, and stolen the scraps. Votes: 0

Programming languages, like pizzas, come in only too sizes; too big and too small. Votes: 0

Film is one of the three universal languages, the other two: mathematics and music. Votes: 0

A special skill, like speaking several languages, or keeping your mouth shut in one. Votes: 0

Shakespeare is repeated around the world in different languages, just because it's good storytelling. Votes: 0

A whipper-snapper of criticism who quoted dead languages to hide his ignorance of life. Votes: 0

Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because *you* are better. Votes: 0

Language is a personality as well. People are different when they speak different languages. Votes: 0

Music is all about transporting people; speaking a language which languages fail to express. Votes: 0

Rincewind could scream for mercy in nineteen languages, and just scream in another forty-four. Votes: 0

National languages are all huge systems of vested interests which sullenly resist critical inquiry. Votes: 0

Canada's official languages program is arguably the most successful affirmative action program in history Votes: 0

Effective translation of natural languages comes awfully close to requiring a sentient translator program. Votes: 0

Republicans who criticize the use of two languages, I think, make a great mistake. Votes: 0

I wanted to create an album that spoke all the musical languages I loved. Votes: 0

We generally learn languages for the benefit of reading the books written in them Votes: 0

I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy. Votes: 0

Without a knowledge of languages you feel as if you don't have a passport. Votes: 0

I know how to say 'no' in twelve languages. That's enough for a woman. Votes: 0

The more languages you know, the less likely you are to become a terrorist. Votes: 0

He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own. Votes: 0

He knows that the most important words in all languages are the small words. Votes: 0

I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek. Votes: 0

I have heard the languages of apocalypse, and now I shall embrace the silence. Votes: 0

In order to be a diplomat, one must speak a number of languages, including doubletalk. Votes: 0

Samskrit is the unsurpassed zenith in the whole development of languages yet known to us. Votes: 0

I start by using Chinese and many of the sounds of other languages are similar. Votes: 0

A man who is ignorant of foreign languages is also ignorant of his own language. Votes: 0

I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad. Votes: 0

I speak a number of languages, but none are more beautiful to me than English. Votes: 0

Educated people do indeed speak the same languages; cultivated ones need not speak at all. Votes: 0

To have suffered much is like knowing many languages. Thou hast learned to understand all. Votes: 0

That's part of that thing of transcending languages. Every person will have their own language. Votes: 0

England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages! Votes: 0

If we could talk to the animals, learn their languages, maybe take an animal degree... Votes: 0

There are two languages: one as things seem to us and the other of knowledge. Votes: 0

As you know, there are certain languages that lend themselves very easily to vocal use. Votes: 0

I have been an actor now for 40 years having worked in over 10 countries and three languages. Votes: 0

No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. Votes: 0

Geek it's really more a characteristic where you don't socialize. You don't talk the normal languages. Votes: 0

In Asian languages, the word for mind and the word for heart are the same word. Votes: 0

He sang 'Stairway to Heaven' in four different languages but never knew where that staircase stood. Votes: 0

I like to travel, and I would love to be fluent in at least four languages. Votes: 0

My plays have been translated into all of the official languages of South Africa except Afrikaans. Votes: 0

Sometimes I talk to myself in languages I'm unfamiliar with... just to screw with my subconscious. Votes: 0

The Holy Spirit speaks many languages; among them the languages of art in all its forms. Votes: 0

I can speak English. I can speak Hindi. I can understand one or two other languages. Votes: 0

I wish that I spoke more languages because I think each language is a window completely. Votes: 0

My view is that knowing languages is part of the process of becoming a cultured person. Votes: 0

In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages. Votes: 0

We have two hundred languages in Europe. Two hundred languages! Count them! I know you won't! Votes: 0

The first rule of translation: make sure you know at least one of the bloody languages! Votes: 0

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations. Votes: 0

Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages. Votes: 0

Why should I just limit myself to the Urdu language? Why not sing in different languages? Votes: 0

There are two types of computer languages; those that people hate and those that nobody uses. Votes: 0

Sauces in cookery are like the first rudiments of grammar - the foundation of all languages. Votes: 0

Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages. Votes: 0

Travel the world, learn other languages, demand liberty, despise violence, read books, and keep a dictionary nearby. Votes: 0

Africa. There are a gazillion different languages people speak there, different bone structures, so vast and different. Votes: 0

The purpose of most computer languages is to lengthen your resume by a word and a comma. Votes: 0

I've long believed that having multiple official languages makes it very hard to sustain a united polity. Votes: 0

Pascal and C are special-purpose languages for manipulating the registers and memory of a von Neumann-style computer. Votes: 0

People come from around the world and can understand each other without even speaking the same languages! Votes: 0

European languages must not be considered diamonds displayed under a glass ball, dazzling us with their brilliance. Votes: 0

I travel like a maniac. I travel more than anyone I know. I love learning the languages. Votes: 0

A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread. Votes: 0

The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and literature. Votes: 0

I don't think the public here buy this idea that women and men speak different comedic languages. Votes: 0

It is hard indeed to notice anything for which the languages available to us have no description. Votes: 0

I chose a pseudonym, Chris Marker, pronounceable in most languages, because I was very intent on traveling. Votes: 0

Three languages - the video, the music and the live performance - are awesome to bring together. Votes: 0

With .NET once an API is published it's available to all programming languages at the same time. Votes: 0

Computer languages differ not so much in what they make possible, but in what they make easy. Votes: 0

Human relations are like the irregular verbs in a number of languages where nearly all verbs are irregular. Votes: 0

The walls were lined with books, many of them in foreign languages, like insulation against the immediate present. Votes: 0

Let's not forget, there are three languages in Canada - English, French, and there's the language of jobs. Votes: 0

It is my firm belief that all successful languages are grown and not merely designed from first principles Votes: 0

We may have different religions, different languages, different colored skin, but we all belong to one human race. Votes: 0

By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom. Votes: 0

Poetry must find ways of breaking distance.... all languages are dialects that are made to break new grounds. Votes: 0

With languages, you can move from one social situation to another. With languages, you are at home anywhere. Votes: 0

There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful--many more. Votes: 0

We can appreciate each other's languages. And the question of being uncomfortable about our languages would go away. Votes: 0

I think every artist strives for a record that crosses all energy, lines, boundaries or languages or barriers. Votes: 0

human eyes know to converse well in all languages & human smiles know to conceal well many a things !!! Votes: 0

I meet people overseas that know five languages - that the only language I'm comfortable in is English. Votes: 0

I will not allow my daughters to learn foreign languages because one tongue is sufficient for a woman. Votes: 0

Make peace with guilt. Guilt is a poisonous illusion. Many languages don't even have a word for guilt. Votes: 0

The miserable's name is Man; he is agonizing in all climes, and he is groaning in all languages. Votes: 0

Of all the words in all languages I know, the greatest concentration is in the English word I. Votes: 0

How many languages can a child learn? As many as you will take the time to teach them. Votes: 0

Human cultural diversity is vast; the range of cultural practices, beliefs, and languages that we speak is vast. Votes: 0

I doubt that national languages will disappear. In fact, to some extent they're becoming more diverse, like in Europe. Votes: 0

I think they've got 250 languages in Nigeria, and so English is a sort of lingua franca between the 250 languages. Votes: 0

Even before I started photography, I began to see that there was a disjunction between available languages and reality. Votes: 0

Computer languages of the future will be more concerned with goals and less with procedures specified by the programmer. Votes: 0

"We speak different languages, as usual," responded Woland, "but this does not change the things we speak about. Well?..." Votes: 0

Most educated Indians are bilingual. Amongst the urban elite though, there is a disdain for regional languages. That's unfortunate. Votes: 0

More good code has been written in languages denounced as "bad'' than in languages proclaimed "wonderful'' - much more. Votes: 0

People who speak the same language can hate one another as easily as can people who speak unrelated languages. Votes: 0

I feel my poetry has contributed through all these languages that I needed to learn leading up to English. Votes: 0

Its haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction. Votes: 0

I have a high regard for Native languages and the pivotal role they have played in our nation's history. Votes: 0

It's haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction. Votes: 0

I have a high regard for Native languages and the pivotal role they have played in our nation's history Votes: 0

human eyes know to converse well in many a languages & human smiles know well to conceal many a things !!! Votes: 0

I've always had an ear for languages and music so it's something I'm continually working on but it's fun. Votes: 0

I feel French is very close to Urdu. Both languages are beautiful. Sadly, their beauty is lost in translation. Votes: 0

I grew up in a community that was bilingual. I've done it for a while, singing in both languages. Votes: 0

Also, I think having a musicality about me that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right. Votes: 0

My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent. Votes: 0

I speak a little Spanish but I am so impressed by people who can speak a lot of different languages. Votes: 0

In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required. Votes: 0

If you know two cultures and two languages, that intermediate place, where the two don't perfectly meet, is really interesting. Votes: 0

Human languages tend to be much more ambiguous than computer languages because humans are much smarter about interpreting the context. Votes: 0

I feel pretty stupid that I don't know any foreign languages. I wish I knew French or Arabic or Chinese. Votes: 0

SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing. Votes: 0

I come from a place where you don't need to talk all the time. There are sign languages you learn. Votes: 0

It is my huge pleasure that my novels are translated into languages that are read among small numbers of people. Votes: 0

Greek is the morning land of languages, and has the freshness of early dew in it which will never exhale. Votes: 0

I figured out that art would be the perfect place for me because what's encouraged is the invention of languages. Votes: 0

I spent a lot of time star-gazing, writing, and learning languages when the other kids were doing cooler things in Detroit. Votes: 0

At some point in the next century the number of invented languages will probably overtake the number of surviving natural languages. Votes: 0

Happily, financial capitalism and free trade have not done away with national languages and literatures, as Marx rather too blithely hoped. Votes: 0

Like a magpie, I am a scavenger of shiny things: fairy tales, dead languages, weird folk beliefs, fascinating religions, and more. Votes: 0

Du hast so viele Leben, wie du Sprachen sprichst. (You have as many lives as the number of languages you speak.) Votes: 0

Como se acuerda con los pajarosla traduccion de sus idiomas?How is the translation of their languages Arranged with the birds? Votes: 0

The arts, sciences, humanities, physical education, languages and maths all have equal and central contributions to make to a student's education. Votes: 0

Building technical systems involves a lot of hard work and specialized knowledge: languages and protocols, coding and debugging, testing and refactoring. Votes: 0

Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiss nichts von seiner eigenen.He who is ignorant of foreign languages, knows not his own. Votes: 0

The dictionary is based on the hypothesis -- obviously an unproven one -- that languages are made up of equivalent synonyms. Votes: 0

Every place in the world where there are two peoples - two religions, two languages - there is friction and conflict. Votes: 0

As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man. Votes: 0

The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius, necessarily has deficiencies in his ideas. Votes: 0

He [P.G.Wodehouse] is I believe, the only man living who speaks with equal fluency the American and English languages. Votes: 0

She was fluent in four languages and yet her fists against the rusted hood were the fullest articulation of her defeat. Votes: 0

My opinion is that more languages you speak, better it is, but but when you come to America, you speak English. Votes: 0

Shepherds know many mysterious languages; they speak the language of sheep and dogs, language of stars and skies, flowers and herbs. Votes: 0

The internet is a wild land with its own games, languages and gestures through which we are starting to share common feelings. Votes: 0

Now, I'm not the only language designer with irrationalities. You can think of some languages to go with some of these things. Votes: 0

We cannot be divided either by the languages we speak, by the faiths we profess or by the political views we choose. Votes: 0

A degree of lying - you know, white lies - seems to be inherent in all languages and all forms of communication. Votes: 0

I wish I was not such a very bad hand at languages. That is one thing I cannot do, that and ride. Votes: 0

Challenging power structures from the inside, working the cracks within the system, however, requires learning to speak multiple languages of power convincingly. Votes: 0

Since there is no real silence, Silence will contain all the sounds, All the words, all the languages, All knowledge, all memory. Votes: 0

Singing in Hindi is nice but restrictive. Regional languages are more rhythmic, have a different tone and sound, making it more interesting. Votes: 0

India is like Europe. This means there isone currency and numerous languages andcultures. And this is a 'Europe' made up ofvarious cultures. Votes: 0

Solely in the world of languages is the amateur of value. Well-intentioned sentences full of mistakes can still build bridges between people. Votes: 0

One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages. Votes: 0

Those who have suffered much are like those who know many languages; they have learned to understand and be understood by all. Votes: 0

A good work can be communicated across languages ... [provided one does not] fall into the trap of narrow-minded nationalistic or chauvinistic thinking. Votes: 0

The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colours and lives in many different communities. Votes: 0

The state lies in all languages of good and evil; and whatever it says, it lies-and whatever it has, it has stolen. Votes: 0

We talk different languages, eat different foods, but all humanity has one ancestor, which started from one person, which started from one god. Votes: 0

For economic safety for the future, you must have multiple skills and languages. Success is basically being the best that you can be. Votes: 0

Of the 6,000 languages spoken on Earth right now, 3,000 aren't spoken by the children. In one generation, we're going to halve our cultural diversity. Votes: 0

They say he's an intelligent man, right? Speaks five languages! I've got a 15-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages! Votes: 0

Quantum theory was split up into dialects. Different people describe the same experiences in remarkably different languages. This is confusing even to physicists. Votes: 0

He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on. Votes: 0

Stay away from restaurants that have menus in five languages. That's always a tourist trap. You want to eat where the locals eat. Votes: 0

I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world. Votes: 0

In difficult times, people just like to hear music. They like to be moved by what they hear. And music speaks different languages. Votes: 0

I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult. Votes: 0

Stay away from restaurants that have menus in five languages. Thats always a tourist trap. You want to eat where the locals eat. Votes: 0

My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures. Votes: 0

Everywhere the sky is blue. There are a multitude of cuisines and dishes. I think of them as the languages and dialects of food. Votes: 0

Oh, God, if I were sure I were to die tonight I would repent at once. It is the commonest prayer in all languages. Votes: 0

Once you know the Romance languages, singing in those languages is so sexy and sensual. I do have a global audience, so why not? Votes: 0

english doesn't borrow from other languages. english follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar. Votes: 0

Go is an attempt to combine the safety and performance of statically typed languages with the convenience and fun of dynamically typed interpretative languages. Votes: 0

The formation of different languages and of distinct species and the proofs that both have been developed through a gradual process, are curiously parallel. Votes: 0

It may be observed, that very polished languages, and such as are praised for their superior clearness and perspicuity, are generally deficient in strength. Votes: 0

He had picked up languages the way most sailors pick up diseases; languages were his gonorrhoea, his syphilis, his scurvy, his ague, his plague. Votes: 0

The world's five thousand extant languages are products of our shared ability, but the five thousand cultures they create are separate from each other. Votes: 0

If there is ever a science of programming language design, it will probably consist largely of matching languages to the design methods they support. Votes: 0

You have this preconceived notion of him [Sly Stallone] as a big, tough guy, but he speaks four languages and he likes to watercolor. Votes: 0

We may talk of saving antique linens, species, or languages; but whatever we are intent on saving, when a restoration succeeds, we rescue ourselves. Votes: 0

That's the beauty and the terror of being human beings: We just have these symbolic languages, these dreams, and that's all it ever is. Votes: 0

A language does not become fixed. The human intellect is always on the march, or, if you prefer, in movement, and languages with it. Votes: 0

We are from the very middle class family. We have not come from the English medium school. We came from our regional languages school. Votes: 0

Though I do manage to mumble around in about seven or eight languages, English remains the most beautiful of languages. It will do anything. Votes: 0

I actually speak fluent English and Spanish and... I dabble in a couple of languages, but I'm not fluent in German, Russian and Arabic. Votes: 0

We become full human agents, capable of understanding ourselves, and hence of defining our identity, through our acquisition of rich human languages of expression. Votes: 0

Hebrew is the most wonderful of languages, a language of a thousand antonyms, hard and strong as steel, while soft and gleaming as gold. Votes: 0

Even if people are suspicious of the motives I think that learning and speaking two languages can only be a good thing for people. Votes: 0

The English language took in many many fertilizations, many many genes, from other languages, from foreign languages - Latin, French, Nordic languages, German, Scandinavian languages. Votes: 0

We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. Votes: 0

Facebook can be an accumulation of different intelligences. Ask a question, translated into many languages and somebody, somewhere in the world, will have an answer. Votes: 0

After an extensive interview he arranged for my weaknesses in foreign languages to be over-looked and so I started a Biology degree at Birmingham in 1967. Votes: 0

We significantly increased our global presence in 2014. During the year, we expanded the number of languages in which we serve customers to a total of 20. Votes: 0

The precision provided (or enforced) by programming languages and their execution can identify lacunas, ambiguities, and other areas of potential confusion in conventional [mathematical] notation. Votes: 0

what are the objects of an useful American education? classical knowlege, modern languages & chiefly French, Spanish, & Italian; Mathematics; Natural philosophy; Natural History; Civil History; Ethics. Votes: 0

[Google is] an omnivorous collector of information, a hyperencyclopedic vault of human knowledge, an unerring auctioneer, an eerily skilful student of languages, behaviour, and desires. Votes: 0

For me, the reputation for teaching language in general, and East European languages most particularly, gave Glasgow University, and by reflection the country, a distinction. Votes: 0

The visual power of the phonetic alphabet is the translate other languages into itself is part of its power to invade right hemisphere (oral) cultures. Votes: 0

He may well speak French and Latin and half a dozen languages, but since he has nothing to say – what good are they? Votes: 0

The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages. Votes: 0

My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages. Votes: 0

I've never been in any country for more than four years, and I'm learning different languages all the time. It gives you a different attitude. Votes: 0

There was writing and foreign languages. I always had an ease with foreign languages. So the both are related, both language related kind of mind. Votes: 0

Knowing all the languages in the world could help you to really understand all the jokes you can hear... from my future Kids' Funny Business. Votes: 0

And C++ programming languages, we own those, have licensed them out multiple times, obviously. We have a lot of royalties coming to us from C++. Votes: 0

The problem is we have to transcend cultural languages and fall into a phase with the communication systems that nature has placed all around us. Votes: 0

There is a wealth of readership for regional language literature in India that is not given importance. We must give respect to our own languages. Votes: 0

You need not wonder at my knowing all human languages; for, to tell you the truth, I also understand all the secrets of human silence. Votes: 0

There are many languages in the world; in meaning all are the same. If you break the cups, water will be unified and will flow together Votes: 0

They say the first of my kind was Alasdair, a human raised by hawks. She learned the languages of birds and was gifted with their form. Votes: 0

All around the world there are 230 countries, and among those people I can speak 5 languages. Nevertheless, I can't find the exact word to define our relationship. Votes: 0

India was the motherland of our race and Samskrit the mother of Europe 's languages...Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all. Votes: 0

What you hear depends on how you focus your ear. We're not talking about inventing a new language, but rather inventing new perceptions of existing languages. Votes: 0

It requires a strong mind to bear up against several languages. Some persons have learnt so many, that they have ceased to think in any one. Votes: 0

Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction. Votes: 0

[On The Philippines:] ... eighty dialects and languages are spoken; we are a fragmented nation of loyal believers, divided by blood feuds and controlled by the Church. Votes: 0

Ancient and modern languages teem with happily expressed sentiments of more or less force and beauty, sufficiently individualized and excellent to warrant their reproduction and classification. Votes: 0

I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks Votes: 0

Kerry was here in Los Angeles. He was courting the Spanish vote by speaking Spanish. And he showed people he could be boring in two languages. Votes: 0

If you speak three languages you're trilingual. If you speak two languages you're bilingual. If you speak the language of the opposite sex, you can communicate. Votes: 0

I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still dorks. Votes: 0

I'm a passionate Welshman. I have a culinary relationship with language: I taste what I say because I have two languages, and each informs the other. Votes: 0

I've had training in electronics engineering, of all things, and in languages. But I've never taken any degree, something I share with Lewis Mumford, I think. Votes: 0

Every religion implies that it treats the problem of being and nonbeing, life and death. Their languages are different, but they speak about the same things. Votes: 0

As a linguist, I don't think of Ada as a big language. Now, English and Japanese, those are big languages. Ada is just a medium-sized language. Votes: 0

I didn't know at first that there were two languages in Canada.Ijustthoughtthatthere was oneway tospeak to my father and another to talk to my mother. Votes: 0

From 'Embracing the Wide Sky', I went to the States, to Canada and to different parts of Europe as well. I gave interviews in several languages. Votes: 0

I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. It took seven languages to make me; it would be nice if I could have spoken just one. Votes: 0

Talk to yourself in two languages - what do I fear and what do I love - in order to balance the body and the soul. Votes: 0

fantasizing is one of the earliest languages in the child's mind. We are in touch with our imagination and dreams before we engage with logic and reason. Votes: 0

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. Votes: 0

Among a people without fellow-feeling, especially if they read and speak different languages, the united public opinion, necessary to the working of the representative government, cannot exist. Votes: 0

Uncritical semantics is the myth of a museum in which the exhibits are meanings and the words are labels. To switch languages is to change the labels. Votes: 0

Contrary to conventional wisdom, dance is not a universal 'language' but many languages and dialects. There are close to 6000 verbal languages, and probably that many dance languages. Votes: 0

I have a pretty good knowledge of the Indian world by virtue of living on several different reservations and being exposed to several different cultures and languages. Votes: 0

Whatever the course, whether the course was boring or interesting to me, whether I was talented in mathematics or not talented in languages, my parents expected A's. Votes: 0

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, my wife speaks five languages: Russian, English, French, Italian and, out of self-defense, Spanish. I watched her learn Spanish in three months. Votes: 0

There's many scripting languages in the world, Perl is a little bit special because it is based more on some ideas from the way natural languages work. Votes: 0

Whereas smaller computer languages have features designed into them, C++ is unusual in having a whole swathe of functionality discovered, like a tract of 19th century Africa. Votes: 0

When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent to experience. Votes: 0

I'm the kind of person that wants to analyze and I think having a background in, strangely enough, in like literature and languages, I'm always analyzing things. Votes: 0

Every education system on Earth has the same hierarchy of subjects: at the top are mathematics and languages, then the humanities, and the bottom are the arts. Votes: 0

if there's one thing consistent about language it is that it is constantly changing. The only languages that do not change are those whose speakers are dead. Votes: 0

The young cult of sociology, needing a language, invented one. There are many dead languages, but the sociologists' is the only language that was dead at birth. Votes: 0

Spain is a fascinating mix of people, languages, culture and food, but if there is one thing all Spaniards share, it's a love of food and drink. Votes: 0

He was not like Greek fathers. He didn't tell us to get married. My father thought it was very important that we travel, learn languages, be educated. Votes: 0

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. Votes: 0

The beauty of Netflix is on the 28th of October they push a button and the film will be in 190 countries at the same moment in 17 languages. Votes: 0

I grew up to be indifferent to the distinction between literature and science, which in my teens were simply two languages for experience that I learned together. Votes: 0

...I can't stop squirming. If fidgets were Wikipedia edits, I would have completely revamped the entry on guilt by now, and translated it into five new languages. Votes: 0

Most programming languages contain good parts and bad parts. I discovered that I could be better programmer by using only the good parts and avoiding the bad parts. Votes: 0

Many people tend to look at programming styles and languages like religions: if you belong to one, you cannot belong to others. But this analogy is another fallacy. Votes: 0

These examples of the lack of simplicity in English and French, all appearances to the contrary, could be multiplied almost without limit and apply to all national languages. Votes: 0

A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions of my countrymen. Votes: 0

The literary wiseacres prognosticate in many languages, as they have throughout so many centuries, setting the stage for new hautmonde in letters and making up the public's mind. Votes: 0

It's the story of New York. Storefronts change and languages change, but at the end of the day, people come here to find opportunity like my family did. Votes: 0

Sign language is my first language. English and Spanish are my second languages. I learned Spanish from my grandparents, sign language from my parents, and English from television. Votes: 0

It is curious that some learned dunces, because they can write nonsense in languages that are dead, should despise those that talk sense in languages that are living. Votes: 0

One of the most important and fascinating of all computer languages is Lisp (standing for "List Processing"), which was invented by John McCarthy around the time Algol was invented. Votes: 0

I've done so many interviews over the years in so many different languages. Radios. Papers. Magazines. There's always another interview to do. It's quite something, I have to say. Votes: 0

Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute. Votes: 0

Printing ballots in multiple languages costs millions of dollars every year. It also discourages immigrants from integrating into American society and gaining the benefits that come from speaking English. Votes: 0

The more you speak more languages, the more you understand about yourself. It's like being blind. You aren't less of a person, but you're missing out on wonderful things. Votes: 0

Foreign languages are another favourite topic, and as these men are bilingual they have a fair notion of what it means to speak and think in many different idioms. Votes: 0

Our goal is to see Big History become a normal part of high school curricula. I'd love to see it being taught in lots of languages. A global course. Votes: 0

But the possibility of abuse may be a good reason for leaving capabilities out of other computer languages, it's not a good reason for leaving capabilities out of Perl . Votes: 0

I feel growing up in Mumbai is an advantage, as we grow up speaking so many languages that when we go abroad, it becomes easier to learn new languages. Votes: 0

Sometimes, with directors, you have to take what they say and translate it in your head, into something that makes sense to you, because you're speaking two different languages. Votes: 0

Most programming languages are decidedly inferior to mathematical notation and are little used as tools of thought in ways that would be considered significant by, say, an applied mathematician. Votes: 0

The Wright Brothers created the single greatest cultural force since the invention of writing. The airplane became the first World Wide Web, bringing people, languages, ideas, and values together. Votes: 0

Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another. Votes: 0

Indonesia's diversity is formidable: some thirteen and a half thousand islands, two hundred and fifty million people, around three hundred and sixty ethnic groups, and more than seven hundred languages. Votes: 0

Most languages spoken by a few thousand people are so complicated they make your head swim; a Siberian yak herder's language is much more complicated than a Manhattan bond trader's. Votes: 0

Perpetual wakefulness doesn't mean you have all physical knowledge, that you can speak all languages, that you can fix cars...that is a storybook, Hollywood version of the enlightenment experience. Votes: 0

Now multitudes of root words are identical in the American languages over vast areas some of them with precisely the same senses, and others with various shades of analogical meaning. Votes: 0

Every human being should know two languages: the language of society and the language of signs. One serves to communicate with other people, the other serves to understand God's messages. Votes: 0

In most languages, 'control' is the first synonym for the word 'manage.' Control is about spotting and correcting deviations from pre-defined standards; thus to control, one must first constrain. Votes: 0

C is declining somewhat in usage compared to C++, and maybe Java, but perhaps even more compared to higher-level scripting languages. It's still fairly strong for the basic system-type things. Votes: 0

Hispanics speak Spanish or Portuguese, which are languages we Americans are familiar with, so it doesn't seem to pose the same types of problems as Arabic-speaking Muslims do in Europe. Votes: 0

Sexist language, racist language, theistic language - all are typical of the policing languages of mastery, and cannot, do not, permit new knowledge or encourage the mutual exchange of ideas. Votes: 0

Today we are beginning to notice that the new media are not just mechanical gimmicks for creating worlds of illusion, but new languages with new and unique powers of expression. Votes: 0

Our pop scene is among the best in the world because there are 300 languages spoken on the streets of London, compared with 200 in New York. Our diversity is our strength. Votes: 0

People forget that the church is bigger than China. It speaks more languages than the United Nations. It has more volunteers than all the NGOs in the world put together. Votes: 0

Just as the Russians and the Soviets didn't manage to wipe out languages in Lithuania, neither have they managed to wipe out religion to the extent that we had feared. Votes: 0

That you've got to do anything that you feel is precious. I especially believe that about cultures and languages. You've got to be really conscious because time is running out. Votes: 0

In the Far Eastern languages we have many different words to describe the varying degrees of reality that a thing, a state of mind or plane of being may have. Votes: 0

[T]hroughout the ages to be educated meant to be unproductive.... our word "school" - and its equivalent in all European languages - derives from a Greek word meaning "leisure. Votes: 0

Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution center for Bibles in many languages. Votes: 0

I think it is an inborn talent - just luck. Some people can learn languages; some can throw a ball. Most people have something. My talent is drawing and painting. Votes: 0

And Philippe won't speak English. She's sure he can - he's got that European je ne sais quoi that usually means "Oh, I speak six languages. And a little Japanese." Votes: 0

Bobby and I went through some old questionnaires about customer requirements for languages, then we compiled a new one and sent it out to a few dozen people we knew. Votes: 0

Are you quite sure that all those bells and whistles, all those wonderful facilities of your so called powerful programming languages, belong to the solution set rather than the problem set? Votes: 0

I've had the privilege of learning foreign languages. Instead of merely speaking a watered-down form of my mother tongue, like most people, I'm also helpless in two or three other languages. Votes: 0

No one who set out to design a form of communication would ever end up with anything like English, Mandarin, or any of the more than six thousand languages spoken today. Votes: 0

I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well enough to really dub myself. French is really the only one, and it's a difficult thing. Votes: 0

Eiffel borrows quite openly from several earlier programming languages and I am sure that if we had found a good language construct in C we would have used it as well. Votes: 0

In Europe, kids learn at least four languages before they're out of high school. But our education system is so underfunded, they go to school to buy heroin and an AK-47. Votes: 0

The old languages - at least the ones I know - don't have gender. They don't have gendered pronouns. There's no "he" and "she." A human being is a human being. Votes: 0

I'm about as monolingual as you come, but nevertheless, I have a variety of different languages at my command, different styles, different ways of talking, which do involve different parameter settings. Votes: 0

I am the leader of one country which has two alphabets, three languages, four religions, five nationalities, six republics, surrounded by seven neighbours, a country in which live eight ethnic minorities. Votes: 0

People need to see that, far from being an obstacle, the world's diversity of languages, religions and traditions is a great treasure, affording us precious opportunities to recognize ourselves in others. Votes: 0

I don't know whether machine translation will eventually get good enough to allow us to browse people's websites in different languages so you can see how they live in different countries. Votes: 0

Everyone on the set has a mobile phone, and I found by pushing a few buttons, they could be programmed into different languages. I fixed Robbie's (Coltrane) to speak in Turkish. Votes: 0

[There was] only one news channel, overseen by a bland and complexly multicultural board of advisors. It broadcast in fifteen languages and was, as a rule, interesting in none of them. Votes: 0

Most ads are ignored because every customer has a mental filter that evaluates and dismisses both of these languages of Ad-Speak with a single question: What are they not telling me? Votes: 0

In the modern languages there was not, six hundred years ago, a single volume which is now read. The library of our profound scholar must have consisted entirely of Latin books. Votes: 0

In Canada we have enough to do keeping up with two spoken languages ... so we just go right ahead and use English for literature, Scotch for sermons, and American for conversation. Votes: 0

I love languages (I speak French and Spanish and have been studying Russian) and accents; so one definite dream role would be being able to combine those elements into a character. Votes: 0

From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer. Votes: 0

The Bible was written in several languages, embraces many literary forms, and reflects cultures very different from our own. These are important considerations for properly understanding the Bible in its context. Votes: 0

Rejection is part of the process, so you can't let it crush you. My first three novels never made it into publication, but my fourth, 'Sheltering Rain,' was translated into 11 languages. Votes: 0

"What Thou wilt, when Thou wilt, how Thou wilt." I had rather speak these three sentences from my heart in my mother tongue than be master of all the languages in Europe. Votes: 0

It's like there are all these languages available, especially in terms of image. Why confine yourself to only English? There's all these languages and possibilities and concepts to speak or communicate with. Votes: 0

It's like there are all these languages available, especially in terms of image. Why confine yourself to only English? There's all these languages and possibilities and concepts to speak or communicate with. Votes: 0

I like to read, especially nonfiction. I love learning, so I study languages, cook, learn basic HTML, and enjoy other activities that stimulate communication and the dark recesses of my musician's brain. Votes: 0

Our thoughts, our language, are always at a distance from whatever they're trying to describe. We have other kinds of languages, like mathematics, like music, like art, but there's always that gap. Votes: 0

Star canto: star speaks light, and world to world Repeats the passage of the universe To God; the name of Christ--the one great word Well worth all languages in earth or heaven. Votes: 0

The man up there raged aloud in two languages, and with a sincerity in his fury that almost convinced me I had, in some way, sinned against the harmony of the universe Votes: 0

Abstract painting seeks to be a pure pictorial language, and thus attempts to escape the essential impurity of all languages: the recourse to signs or forms that have meanings shared by everyone. Votes: 0

I've had a very interesting career. I get to do amazing things and work with amazing people and travel and learn languages - things most people don't get the opportunity to do. Votes: 0

One fact we're particularly proud of is that there are more people learning languages on Duolingo in the US than there are people learning languages in the entire US public school system. Votes: 0

We must teach the next generation to not just learn languages, but whole cultures and belief systems. We will then make more of an effort to understand people and their different cultures. Votes: 0

We play melodic music, we play songs, we play all kinds of things and when you improvise you don't just shut out different languages, you use all the languages that you have. Votes: 0

The places I come from have such rich languages, such a variety of expression. In Sierra Leone we have about fifteen languages and three dialects. I grew up speaking about seven of them. Votes: 0

We need only look to our Navajo Code Talkers during World War II to see the value that Native languages bring not only to their culture, but to the security of all Americans. Votes: 0

The warrior knows that the most important words in all languages are the small words. Yes. Love. God. They are words that are easy enough to say and which fill vast empty spaces. Votes: 0

There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it? Votes: 0

I grew up speaking Spanish and English. My mother can speak Spanish, English, French and Italian, and she's pretty good at faking Portuguese. I wish that I spoke more languages than I do. Votes: 0

It made me think about a whole area of human activity that was not really a concern to me before that, because I was involved in reading Chinese history, or languages, or whatever. Votes: 0

CNN was crazy to think they could fill 24 hours with news - let alone around the world in 10 to 20 languages. Reuters or AP with a thousand people around the world covering news? Crazy. Votes: 0

Mathematics is pure language - the language of science. It is unique among languages in its ability to provide precise expression for every thought or concept that can be formulated in its terms. Votes: 0

Through my former experiences, writing poetry and learning other languages leading up to English I find ways to stitch words together that may seem a bit odd, but somehow, sometimes they do work. Votes: 0

INTERPRETER, n. One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the interpreter's advantage for the other to have said. Votes: 0

To be wise use three languages: think well, feel well and do well. And to be wise allow yourselves to be surprised by the love of God. That will guarantee a good life. Votes: 0

I tried to learn the languages - Italian, Spanish, and German - not to successfully. Working on a European set isn't a hell of a lot different from working on an American set. Votes: 0

I am proud to be a Turk, and to write in Turkish about Turkey - and to have been translated into about 40 languages. But I don't want to politicize things by dramatizing them. Votes: 0

It was at Juilliard that I realized that being a singer encompasses so many things that I am interested in. Literature, languages, physics, history, art. You really get to explore so many things. Votes: 0

I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language definition completely open - any discussion on the matter tended to mention languages whose inventors tried to keep tight control, and consequent ill fate. Votes: 0

I can't recall any difficulty in making the C language definition completely open - any discussion on the matter tended to mention languages whose inventors tried to keep tight control, and consequent ill fate Votes: 0

English has always had a special fondness for other European languages, a neighborly soft spot - perhaps because Britain has been invaded by speakers of those languages from the onset of its recorded history. Votes: 0

You can't live in a dialect without tremendous work. Like any muscle, accents and voices and languages are all formed out of the muscles that we have in our mouths and faces and tongues. Votes: 0

. . .little has changed in our New York neighborhoods except the faces, the names, and the languages spoken. The same decent values of hard work and accomplishment and service to city and nation still exist. Votes: 0

There is a diversity of thought and philosophy, diversity of languages and dialects, diversity of political spectrum, and there's a diversity of taste for food. I don't label or characterize Jews in any way. Votes: 0

I also had this mistaken dream, fantasy really - perhaps because I'm good at languages - of being able in both Italy and France to become someone else through my fluency in the language. Votes: 0

Of course, English is a very powerful language, a colonizer's language and a gift to a writer. English has destroyed and sucked up the languages of other cultures - its cruelty is its vitality. Votes: 0

Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many foreign people still speak in foreign languages Votes: 0

I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot. Votes: 0

Music is, of course, a universal emotional experience, cutting across cultures and languages. I studied piano for ten years as a child and consider that experience one of the most valuable in my life. Votes: 0

Language is decanted and shared. If only one person is left alive speaking a language - the case with some American Indian languages - the language is dead. Language takes two and their multiples. Votes: 0

I like to write in coffee shops in countries in which languages I do not speak are spoken. That way, you're surrounded by the buzz of humanity, but you aren't distracted by people's conversations. Votes: 0

I've become obsessed with learning other languages in movies, because I was like, since I was like, but I learned how to box so why don't I just learn another language for a movie? Votes: 0

Did you know there are thirty-two names for love in one of the Eskimo languages?" August said. "And we just have this one. We are so limited, you have to use the same word. Votes: 0

Any psychology of sign systems will be part of social psychology - that is to say, will be exclusively social; it will involve the same psychology as is applicable in the case of languages. Votes: 0

Disease [is] as one of our languages. Doctors understand what disease has to say about itself. It's up to the person with the disease to understand what the disease has to say to her. Votes: 0

I'm certainly not a linguist. I learned what languages I could learn in order to read books and I can't really speak them. I couldn't have stayed out of jail in most of them. Votes: 0

The message of "falling" - failure, death, crucifixion, whatever you want to say - is not really that. Some sort of falling is really found in all the world's religions, just in different languages. Votes: 0

I'm a reader and a storyteller, and God chose literature and story and poetry as the languages of my spiritual text. To me, the Bible is a manifesto, a guide, a love letter, a story. Votes: 0

As far as Irish writers being great, I think the fact that there have been two languages in Ireland for a very long time; there has obviously been a shared energy between those two languages. Votes: 0

In India the odd thing is that English is this almost artificial language floating on the surface of a place with about fifty other languages. The same is true of Nigeria but even more so. Votes: 0

While Jesus is saving, I'm spending all my daysin backgrounds and landscapes with the languages of saints.While people are spinning like toys on Christmas day,I'm inside a still life with the other absentee. Votes: 0

Let us see whether it is the New Order or me who will be the loser before Indonesian history. I have won. The New Order has fallen and my writings have been translated into 40 languages. Votes: 0

Keep your language. Love its sounds, its modulation, its rhythm. But try to march together with men of different languages, remote from your own, who wish like you for a more just and human world. Votes: 0

The Lord of the Rings' is fundamentally an infantile work. Tolkien is not interested in the way grownup, adult human beings interact with each other. He's interested in maps and plans and languages and codes. Votes: 0

In antiquity, there were three regions in southern Europe: Greece, Rome, and Ilyria. Albanian is the only survivor of the Ilyrian languages. That is why it has always intrigued the great linguists of the past. Votes: 0

Plurality of languages: [...] It is crucial 1. that there are many languages and that they differ not only in vocabulary, but also in grammar, and so in mode of thought and 2. that all languages are learnable. Votes: 0

I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. Votes: 0

Keep your language. Love its sounds, its modulation, its rhythm. But try to march together with men of different languages, remote from your own, who wish like you for a more just and human world. Votes: 0