“English words made only from twenty-six characters? Are English a bit lazy or what? We have fifty thousand characters in Chinese.” — Xiaolu Guo Copy Share Image
Lucy Mercedes Martinez, my mother, was probably my first mentor. She really tried to take care of me in spite of myself,… — Richard Carmona Copy Share Image
Like books you will never have the chance to read, there are languages you do not know, and you're not going to… — James Salter Copy Share Image
Human cultural diversity is vast; the range of cultural practices, beliefs, and languages that we speak is vast. — Mark Pagel Copy Share Image
“Though we were forbidden to speak anything but French, the teacher would occasionally use us to practice any of her five fluent… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Every place in the world where there are two peoples - two religions, two languages - there is friction and conflict. — Avigdor Lieberman Copy Share Image
A lot of people know about the power of the WWE brand. We're in 145 countries in 30 different languages. We reach… — Stephanie McMahon Copy Share Image
There are many languages all over the world. But there are a few languages we ALL speak: The 'Body Language', which speaks… — Sue Riehl Copy Share Image
Now multitudes of root words are identical in the American languages over vast areas some of them with precisely the same senses,… — John W. Dawson Copy Share Image
After 'Sesame Street,' it's a hyper-familiar world to me and I have this childlike ability to ignore the fact that I'm talking… — Feist Copy Share Image
No one who set out to design a form of communication would ever end up with anything like English, Mandarin, or any… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
There is a diversity of thought and philosophy, diversity of languages and dialects, diversity of political spectrum, and there's a diversity of… — John Liu Copy Share Image
“If the goal you've set for yourself has a 100 percent chance of success, then frankly you aren't aiming high enough.” — Benny Lewis Copy Share Image
Well, maybe so, although I don't think I am particularly gifted in languages. In fact, oddly enough, it may have something to… — Robert Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
It was pretty awful for us children because we never really knew the local children. Mother was keen for us to learn… — Mary Wesley Copy Share Image
Life has obliged him to remember so much useful knowledge that he has lost not only his history, but his whole original… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
It is plain indeed that in spite of later estrangement Hobbits are relatives of ours: far nearer to us than Elves, or… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
I like to read, especially nonfiction. I love learning, so I study languages, cook, learn basic HTML, and enjoy other activities that… — Joshua Roman Copy Share Image
Every religion implies that it treats the problem of being and nonbeing, life and death. Their languages are different, but they speak… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
