My mother tongue is Punjabi, but my first language is Urdu, which was the case with the people in undivided Punjab. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
I am not really missing theatre as I get to act in films, that too in different languages, such as Tamil, Telugu,… — Atul Kulkarni Copy Share Image
“God in His infinite wisdom blessed humans with redundant tongues: one to outfit the mouth for speech. And a mother tongue to… — David B. Lentz Copy Share Image
Apart from English, I speak my mother tongue Malayalam, as well as Tamil, Telugu, and a bit of Kannada and French. — Asin Copy Share Image
The fact of simultaneously being Christian and having as my mother tongue Arabic, the holy language of Islam, is one of the… — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
My first film was a Malayalam film where I played a small character and then my big debut happened in Kannada, which… — Shraddha Srinath Copy Share Image
For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can. — Kailash Kher Copy Share Image
“It has been said ever since that the Brankoviches of Erdély count in Tzintzar, lie in Walachian, are silent in Greek, sing… — Milorad Pavić Copy Share Image
This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue. — Tahar Ben Jelloun Copy Share Image
My mother tongue, Mende, is very expressive, very figurative, and when I write, I always struggle to find the English equivalent of… — Ishmael Beah Copy Share Image
“You said somewhere that you would like to write in one of the Nordic languages because they have more vowels, and vowels… — Luis Fernando Verissimo Copy Share Image
When I hear the hypercritical quarreling about grammar and style, the position of the particles, etc., etc., stretching or contracting every speaker… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“She tries to maintain a nondescript exterior; she learns the sideways glance instead of looking at people directly. She speaks in practised,… — Mohammed Hanif Copy Share Image
“For a considerable portion of humanity today, it is possible and indeed likely that one's neighbor, one's colleague, or one's employer will… — Dalai Lama XIV Copy Share Image
It needs more than ever to be stressed that the best and truest educators are parents under God. The greatest school is… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
German is my mother tongue and as such more natural to me, but I consider Czech much more affectionate, which is why… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
“The "Garcilaso" mentioned by Markham is the chronicler Garcilaso Inca de la Vega, the son of a Spanish conquistador and an Inca… — Graham Hancock Copy Share Image
I perceived how that it was impossible to establish the lay people in any truth except the Scripture were plainly laid before… — William Tyndale Copy Share Image
We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity. It will not be an activity in… — C. V. Raman Copy Share Image
I'm at the age when my friends have started having kids, and when my first good friend had a baby, the first… — Jessica Pare Copy Share Image
“Every person of intelligence should be able to use his mother tongue correctly. It only requires a little pains, a little care,… — Joseph Devlin Copy Share Image
I should as soon think of swimming across Charles River, when I wish to go to Boston, as of reading all my… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Tollywood has a special place in my heart because Telugu is my mother tongue, and when I sing in the language, my… — Armaan Malik Copy Share Image
After studying the Hungarian language for years, I can confidently conclude that had Hungarian been my mother tongue, it would have been… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
