International Quote by Abbas Kiarostami

Few Iranians these days go through the fiction of calling themselves 'Persian.' Calling yourself Persian is a way of distancing themselves from Iran.

— Reza Aslan

Once You Go Persian, Theres No Other Version.

— Laleh Javaheri

I speak Urdu quite a lot, too, and I read a lot of Persian.

— Juan Cole

The problem is, we've had three generations of Iranians who have come to really hate the United States. The Persians used to be a…

— Bob Beckel

The cool thing about doing a voice-over into a different language is that you get to bring the character of your own culture into…

— Bridgit Mendler

In film lyrics, I avoid Persianised words because they are not widely understood.

— Gulzar

I am the voice of the people in Iran whose voices are silent and whose demands cannot be heard by the rest of the…

— Shirin Ebadi

It would be great if I woke up tomorrow and could speak Persian. Wouldn't you love to wake and have a language in your…

— Idra Novey

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

— Neville Marriner

“The most elegant of the dialects belongs to those who know only one language, who do not mix with Persians and who do not…

— Mahmud al-Kashgari

Learning a new language is very, very different from doing an accent.

— Shira Haas

Speaking two languages fluently makes each language not so important.

— Arca