Spanish Quotes · Page 21

I would like to do 'King Lear.' But I would like to do it in Swedish.

— Max von Sydow

I don't speak Arabic - I know a little to get by, but that's all.

— Laura Poitras

I speak Farsi, German, Dari, and I understand Turkish, but I haven't used it since 1985, so I'm a bit rusty.

— Navid Negahban

People always ask me: 'Do you have black in you? Do you have Spanish in you?'

— Rita Ora

In the Spanish league I root for Barcelona and in the Premier League I root for Manchester United.

— Al Horford

I love Spanish food. My diet is the Mediterranean diet, which is good food. I eat well.

— Penelope Cruz

Lucas Vazquez and Brahim Diaz are probably my biggest Spanish teachers.

— Jude Bellingham

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

— El Anatsui

I didn't grow up speaking Spanish, and the interesting thing was, we would watch these novelas and you didn't have to speak…

— Eva Longoria

Dutch is our first language. When you talk to older people, you speak Dutch. It's more respectful. The local language, you talk…

— Jairzinho Rozenstruik

I said it in Hebrew—I said it in Dutch— I said it in German and Greek; But I wholly forgot (and it…

— Lewis Carroll

Being here in the United States, English is not my first language. It's kind of a challenge for me, a big challenge…

— Shinsuke Nakamura

I'm pretty good with languages. I know a bit of French and actually want to live in France some day so that…

— Juliana Hatfield

One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare…

— Anita Diament

I probably prefer Spanish football to the others. It's very technical, the way they play; they keep the ball well, and whenever…

— Gareth Bale

I find myself using Spanish words much more now that I'm older, and I guess I have the authority to do it…

— Sandra Cisneros

“—Por favor Swanson, no me hagas elegir entre tú y él. —¿Porque lo elegirás a él? —Él es mi novio. —Ni siquiera…

— Lolo Mayaya

I speak a little Italian and Spanish because of where I grew up. I also am well-versed in Angelino slang and corporate…

— Benny Cassette

“The academic establishment. . . . argue over the diminution of Spanish because of the introduction of new Spanish words that are…

— Ed Morales

In Buenos Aires, I have a very close friend who speaks very good English, and she taught me. It was quite difficult…

— Elena Roger

When I lived in the U.S., I spoke Portuguese with my mother and grandmother, Spanish with my father and his family, and…

— Vicente Luque

My mother had a Spanish upbringing. She was an excellent cook. Everything was home-made. We didn't eat food with smiley faces on…

— Jo Frost

When I turned 11, we had to leave East Germany overnight because of the political orientation of my father. Now I was…

— Dieter F. Uchtdorf

After four centuries of Spanish rule, Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States in 1898. Residents were granted U.S. citizenship in…

— Pedro Pierluisi

How charmed I am when I overhear a German word which I understand!

— Mark Twain

I can speak French, understand Gaelic and know my history. That's the training music has given me.

— Eddi Reader

I learned Portuguese, English and Spanish. It was great for me. My family always forced me to speak in every language.

— Vicente Luque

If you were to ask me to speak Swedish or Dutch or German, I have no idea if I could pull that…

— Marisol Nichols

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

— Jon Secada

I think in general I've never dared compose in Spanish. First of all, it is such an intricate language.

— Marc Anthony

After Zorro, people spoke Spanish to me for ages. I'm Welsh but that movie instantly gave me a new ethnicity.

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

I love my country. And I would have to renounce my Spanish citizenship to become a U.S. Citizen.

— Antonio Banderas

My name, Paloma, means 'dove' in Spanish. It stands as a symbol of peace and purity.

— Paloma Picasso

I speak Spanish to my children and they speak it better than me.

— Geraldo Rivera

For me, French is so rich and so sacred that learning it is like learning a foreign language.

— Fabrice Luchini

The Spanish and German leagues are of a very high standard. Along with the Premier League, they are probably the best.

— Toni Kroos

I love learning languages, and actually computer code is another language as well.

— Tang Wei

“I found my smattering of German very useful here, indeed, I don't know how I should be able to get on without…

— Bram Stoker

That, to me, is the real crossover: a mainstream artist singing in Spanish.

— Ozuna

I'm good with accents and stuff; it's mostly that I have a really good Spanish accent, so it sounds like I speak…

— Summer Phoenix