Cynicism is our shared common language, the Esperanto that actually caught on, and though I'm not fluent in it - I like… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
The new sound-sphere is global. It ripples at great speed across languages, ideologies, frontiers and races. The economics of this musical Esperanto… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
I'd say I dream in Esperanto. Sometimes I remember some dreams in another language, but dreaming in languages no, but figures yes,… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Esperanto was a very useful language, because wherever you went, you found someone to speak with. — George Soros Copy Share Image
Anything we need to know, we can learn it from a book. Reading, careful study, a little practice, and we’re throwing knives… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
In an ideal world, one populated by vegetarians and Esperanto speakers, derivatives would be used for one thing only: reducing levels of… — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
When I need to be precise about a plant, I use its Latin name, even if my nongardening friends sometimes look at… — Allen Lacy Copy Share Image
“He had been very keen on Esperanto, which had seemed an absurd eccentricity at the time but now Ursula thought it might… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“What kind of a world do we live in that has room for dog yoga but not for Esperanto?” — Arika Okrent Copy Share Image
My advice to all who have the time or inclination to concern themselves with the international language movement would be: 'Back Esperanto… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
If one takes pleasure in calling the gold standard a "barbarous relic," one cannot object to the application of the same term… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
It has since been agreed that speeches given in English will be translated into French and vice versa, and even into German… — Fredrik Bajer Copy Share Image
It was just as the 1914 War burst on me that I made the discovery that 'legends' depend on the language to… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image