“Other countries whose educational systems achieve more than ours often do so in part by attempting less. While school children in Japan… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
People over the age of thirty were born before the digital revolution really started. We've learned to use digital technology-laptops, cameras, personal… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
Language is not a genetic gift, it is a social gift. Learning a new language is becoming a member of the club… — Frank Smith Copy Share Image
“She might be the best-dressed little girl in her elementary school class, but she was still a Greek. Her parents spoke a… — Suzanne Jenkins Copy Share Image
To learn any foreign language first you need to fall in love with it. — Svetlana Shchedrina | LuckyOptimistcom Copy Share Image
I am a bohemian person. I don't speak German, and I live in a foreign country where all the signs are in… — Anton Newcombe Copy Share Image
Bad impulse buys make you feel grim, don't they? It's like having consumer Tourette's. I gravitate towards austere foreign-language film DVDs when… — Sally Phillips Copy Share Image
I will not allow my daughters to learn foreign languages because one tongue is sufficient for a woman. — John Milton Copy Share Image
I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and… — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
I've translated two of Bae's novels, A Greater Music and Recitation, which are coming from Open Letter and Deep Vellum in October… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
Writing in a foreign language - has brought me to the cries of the women silently rebelling in my youth, to my… — Assia Djebar Copy Share Image
“Later that year he was invited to the Northampton Association of pastors. At the first meeting the elder Ryland suggested William Carey… — Sam Wellman Copy Share Image
Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
My grandmother, if she were still alive, she'd be very proud that I held through and did a film in Korean and… — Lee Isaac Chung Copy Share Image
The young all have the same dream: to save the world. Some quickly forget this dream, convinced that there are more important… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
People who work in specialized fields seem to have their own language. Practitioners develop a shorthand to communicate among themselves. The jargon… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
He who knows no foreign languages knows nothing of his own. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“Yes, sorry, I guess I should have mentioned we were going to a vegetarian restaurant. Do you mind?” he asked. What could… — Suzanne Jenkins Copy Share Image
“At first when you're learning a foreign language, what seems strange is that a different set of words exists for the things… — Stephanie Grant Copy Share Image
“Though harsh in other respects, prison would be an excellent place to learn a foreign language - total immersion, and you'd have… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Many autistic people have this ability to learn weird foreign languages, and I think I've heard of autistic Americans who have been… — Jon Gnarr Copy Share Image
I've never had a particular skill. I can't cook, dance, play an instrument, speak a foreign language. This used to worry me.… — Michael Palin Copy Share Image
When I was in high school, I started learning English as my second foreign language, but my level of English at that… — Petr Cech Copy Share Image
Fatherhood is helping your children learn English as a foreign language. — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
