Acquisition Quote by Anne Sullivan Macy

My view is that knowing languages is part of the process of becoming a cultured person.

— Kató Lomb

I learnt English later in life.

— Raza Murad

“we are unaware of any convincing evidence that languages are acquired through “practice.” On the other hand, studies have shown that students can reach…

— James Crawford

The conquest of learning is achieved through the knowledge of languages.

— Roger Bacon

We generally learn languages for the benefit of reading the books written in them

— Thomas Jefferson

Language [can] be expressed . . . by movements of the hands and face just as well as by the small, sound-generating movements of…

— Harlan Lane

Language grows out of life, out of its needs and experiences...Language and knowledge are indissolubly connected; they are interdependent. Good work in language presupposes…

— Anne Sullivan Macy

Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things.

— Flora Lewis

For being able to use language was a critical skill that could carry one far. One could use it professionally, as a crafter of…

— Elizabeth George

You know, even growing up going to school, I had teachers that were against bilingual teaching. I never understood that. My parents always had…

— Emily Rios

Language is an art, like brewing or baking… It certainly is not a true instinct, for every language has to be learnt.

— Charles Darwin

There was a language specific to all things. The ability to learn another language in one arena, whether it was music, medicine, or finance,…

— Chris Gardner