--- title: "13 Language Learned Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Language Learned quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Language Learned sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/chris-cleave-1698_learned_i-learned-your-language-and-i-learned-yo_2600541.png" --- > [“I learned your language and I learned your rules. I am more like you than me now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-cleave/i-learned-your-language-and-i-learned-your-rules-i-am-more-like-you/) [Chris Cleave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-cleave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aad/chris-cleave-1698_learned_i-learned-your-language-and-i-learned-yo_2600541.png) > [I grew up with the piano. I learned its language as I learned to speak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-jarrett/i-grew-up-with-the-piano-i-learned-its-language-as-i-learned-to-speak/) [Keith Jarrett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-jarrett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/445/keith-jarrett-16919_grew_i-grew-up-with-the-piano-i-learned-its-l_224168.png) > [“... you are never so smart again in a language learned in middle age nor so romantic, brave or kind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/you-are-never-so-smart-again-in-a-language-learned-in-middle-age-nor/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/garrison-keillor-1037_middle-age_you-are-never-so-smart-again-in-a-langua_2527024.jpg) > [I hardly grew up mono-lingually! I was raised religious, so there's a tradition of semi-access to a second language. When I learned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-englander/i-hardly-grew-up-mono-lingually-i-was-raised-religious-so-there-s-a/) [Nathan Englander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-englander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c0/nathan-englander-8048_language_i-hardly-grew-up-mono-lingually-i-was-ra_2583003.jpg) > [Willem de Kooning paintings are a language to be learned. When they were first shown, they were ridiculed as being just drips…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-ligon/willem-de-kooning-paintings-are-a-language-to-be-learned-when-they/) [Glenn Ligon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-ligon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b75/glenn-ligon-10867_artist_willem-de-kooning-paintings-are-a-langua_588720.png) > [I don't speak Spanish, and I get so much crap for it. Oddly enough, it was the first language I learned, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-guzman/i-don-t-speak-spanish-and-i-get-so-much-crap-for-it-oddly-enough-it/) [Ryan Guzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-guzman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d90/ryan-guzman-13977_crap_i-don-t-speak-spanish-and-i-get-so-much_3204739.jpg) > [“Islam was no longer a straitjacket into which I forced myself, nor a nonnative language I learned from others around me, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haroon-moghul/islam-was-no-longer-a-straitjacket-into-which-i-forced-myself-nor-a/) [Haroon Moghul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haroon-moghul/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/haroon-moghul-23614_islam_islam-was-no-longer-a-straitjacket-into_305639.jpg) > [The first language that I learned was Italian in Italy in the early and middle-'60s and I had to do that to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-james/the-first-language-that-i-learned-was-italian-in-italy-in-the-early/) [Clive James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/663/clive-james-2750_firsts_the-first-language-that-i-learned-was-it_539745.jpg) > [People are getting more used to another language; that's how I learned English and Spanish. I listened to other singers and tried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anitta/people-are-getting-more-used-to-another-language-that-s-how-i-learned/) [Anitta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anitta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c56/anitta-13879_language_people-are-getting-more-used-to-another_1342037.jpg) > [I did my first movie, 'The Mambo Kings,' in America without speaking the language. I learned the lines phonetically. I had an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonio-banderas/i-did-my-first-movie-the-mambo-kings-in-america-without-speaking-the/) [Antonio Banderas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonio-banderas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c06/antonio-banderas-4332_america_i-did-my-first-movie-the-mambo-kings-in_704412.jpg) > [ Language \[can\] be expressed . . . by movements of the hands and face just as well as by the small, sound-generating… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harlan-lane/language-can-be-expressed-by-movements-of-the-hands-and-face-just-as/) [Harlan Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harlan-lane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/harlan-lane-110195_ability_language-can-be-expressed-by-movements-o_1734575.png) > [“A native tongue, in my opinion, isn't the language spoken where you were born or the first language you learned; it's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adi-alsaid/a-native-tongue-in-my-opinion-isn-t-the-language-spoken-where-you/) [Adi Alsaid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adi-alsaid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/adi-alsaid-31169_language_a-native-tongue-in-my-opinion-isn-t-the_2610199.jpg) > [“The language I learned was pretty, full of passivity and silence. I had no proper language for the issues of blood and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-bagley/the-language-i-learned-was-pretty-full-of-passivity-and-silence-i-had/) [Beth Bagley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-bagley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc4/beth-bagley-168783_anger_the-language-i-learned-was-pretty-full-o_1238576.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/language-learned/#itemlist", "name": "Language Learned Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I learned your language and I learned your rules. 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