I start by using Chinese and many of the sounds of other…

Babies all over the world are what I like to describe as citizens of the world. They can discriminate all the sounds of all…

— Suman Rai

Note: crying baby sounds the same in all languages.

— Justine Ezarik

Babies all over the world are what I like to describe as 'citizens of the world.' They can discriminate all the sounds of all…

— Patricia K. Kuhl

I'm part Spanish. My paternal grandfather came from Spain via Singapore to Manila. On my mother's side it's more mixture, with a Filipino mother…

— Jessica Hagedorn

My father is Chinese, Spanish, and Filipino; my mother is half-Irish and half-Japanese; Greek last name; born in Hawaii, raised in Germany.

— Mark Dacascos

I learned Spanish as my second language from middle school through high school. I grew up volunteering at homeless shelters and tutoring kids of…

— Eric Nam

I was told many times that my writing was either too Korean - or not Korean enough.

— Min Jin Lee

I can't put this down. I'm reading it in Spanish but I am still having English lessons. It is a motivational book about basketball…

— Bojan Krkic

No matter what you do, black lace tends to look a little Spanish.

— Nicole Miller

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

— Anita Diament

I like English football, Spanish football, Italian football. I like all of them.

— Hulk

I'm not very good at standard English.

— James Nesbitt

“A mí todo aquello me era insoportable, pues no estoy hecho de la madera de los que aguantan a los tontos con absoluta resignación.”

— T. Lobsang Rampa

Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.

— Aravind Adiga

Be careful. I wouldn’t want anything to happen to the worst Spanish student in the history of the language.” I laughed. “No problemo.

— Kiersten White