He who knows no foreign languages knows nothing of his own. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
“Languages are like beings: they thrive, take a dive, and need care to survive.” — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
Language learning deserves special mention. It is, bar none, the best thing you can do to hone clear thinking. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
“Daring soul has five diaries; gratitude, work, inspirational, prayer and language diaries.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
“[R]epetition is as an essential element of language learning as a knife is to a lathe or fuel is to an internal… — Kató Lomb Copy Share Image
Because education is such a broad area, I chose to focus on language learning. — Luis von Ahn Copy Share Image
I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
One should connect language learning with either work or leisure. And not at the expense of them but to supplement them. — Kató Lomb Copy Share Image
“...Orm always afterwards used to say that, after good luck, strength, and skill at arms, nothing was so useful to a man… — Frans G. Bengtsson Copy Share Image
“Language is the rich fabric that enshrouds all experience that is truly human. Those who are hyperpolyglots therefore adorn multiple layers of… — Usman W. Chohan Copy Share Image
“HOSTESS. Oh, nonsense! She speaks English perfectly. NEPOMMUCK. Too perfectly. Can you shew me any English woman who speaks English as it… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Certainty' with respect to successful language learning and use--whether oral, written, or technologically mediated combinations--applies less and less to discrete products and… — Jay Jordan Copy Share Image
“Learning a language promoted the first tender shoots of intercultural understanding. People became familiar with previously alien concepts and, as a consequence,… — Fay Abernethy Copy Share Image
Seemingly unrelated [things] that are in fact really related, that's the stuff I like to talk about. Like dancing, language learning, swimming,… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
“When you learn a language, you don't just learn to speak and write a new language. You also learn to be open-minded,… — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
And imagine acquiring a new language and only learning the words to describe a wonderful world, refusing to know the words for… — Rosamund Lupton Copy Share Image
Hyperpolyglots are not born, and they are not made, but they are born to be made. There is a finite subset of… — Michael Erard Copy Share Image
If you have a child with autism, and he or she has good intelligence, with no delay in language learning maybe there… — Simon Baron-Cohen Copy Share Image
“don’t know about you, but my English isn’t perfect. I hesitate when I’m nervous, I forget precisely the right word every now… — Benny Lewis Copy Share Image
“In classes, the more lively and uninhibited ones will “suck away the air” from those with a more passive nature, despite all… — Kató Lomb Copy Share Image
“Individuals who speak languages other than English, who speak patois as well as standard English, find it a necessary aspect of self-affirmation… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
“He agreed that I should buy another dictionary or, better yet, a phrase book with standard Spanish expressions. He also suggested that… — Henri Charrière Copy Share Image
The globalized environment where speaking a lot of languages is rewarded and getting access to learning materials is easier. A talent for… — Michael Erard Copy Share Image
“It seems that after the African migration, small numbers of Homo sapiens were better adapted to manage these shifts in climate than… — Andrew Marr Copy Share Image
“Learning a language and using it is a skill that we all have. It's just a part of daily life, no different… — Denis Ivanov Copy Share Image
If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“One small step towards a language is one giant leap towards inclusion.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“[T]he time spent on language learning is lost unless it reaches a certain—daily and weekly—concentration.” — Kató Lomb Copy Share Image
“The joy of knowing a foreign language is inexpressible. I find it really difficult to express such joy in my mother tongue.” — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
Absolutely nothing is so important for a nation's culture as its language. — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
“If the goal you've set for yourself has a 100 percent chance of success, then frankly you aren't aiming high enough.” — Benny Lewis Copy Share Image
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