“Kay and Beverly were a disappointment to me. They worked hard at Modern Languages, but their conversation and preoccupations seemed hardly different… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
With the United States in slow long-term decline, how will that affect the position of English? And where will all that leave… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
“my grandfather was an ordinary British citizen in the time of British Raj. He used to have Bengali friends from whom I… — Fahmid Hassan Prohor Copy Share Image
There is a wealth of readership for regional language literature in India that is not given importance. We must give respect to… — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
The way that I approached numbers, think about them, the same as for language as well-acquiring vocabulary, understanding the grammar, the structures… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die and mathematical ideas do not. — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
What I'm interested in doing in a story is bringing certain different languages, people, events together and then letting the reader make… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
From every ancient source, we have testimony to Cleopatra's irresistible charm, as Plutarch has it, to her ability to speak many languages… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
As far as Irish writers being great, I think the fact that there have been two languages in Ireland for a very… — Garry Hynes Copy Share Image
“My love for languages and my love for travel really go hand in hand and feed off of each other. There’s no… — Wendy Werneth Copy Share Image
The things you leave school knowing - some dates and long division - so much of it has been of no use… — Jane Asher Copy Share Image
I love commuting between languages just like I love commuting between cultures and cities. — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
Conservatism is rooted in preservation; progressivism advances alteration. These are different love languages. These languages turn on your view of change itself:… — Charles M. Blow Copy Share Image
Foreign languages was the only thing that interested me when I was at school, so playing in another language... it is quite… — Tom Wlaschiha Copy Share Image
It's haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction. — Wade Davis Copy Share Image
“When you learn a language, you don't just learn to speak and write a new language. You also learn to be open-minded,… — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
In our generation, everybody told us that it's really important and it's nice to be able to speak a lot of languages.… — Adele Exarchopoulos Copy Share Image
We talk different languages, eat different foods, but all humanity has one ancestor, which started from one person, which started from one… — Ashraf Barhom Copy Share Image
There is a slam-dunk case for extending foreign language teaching to children aged five. Just as some people have taken a perverse… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
In most Native languages, most Indigenous languages, Blackfeet included, there are no gendered pronouns. There is no he/she, there's only they. — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
I've never been in any country for more than four years, and I'm learning different languages all the time. It gives you… — Santiago Cabrera Copy Share Image
“Language is the rich fabric that enshrouds all experience that is truly human. Those who are hyperpolyglots therefore adorn multiple layers of… — Usman W. Chohan Copy Share Image
