Culture Quote by Buffy Sainte-Marie

Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.

— Rita Mae Brown

The purpose of language is to communicate. That's the most basic definition of language. I have my own subjective experience going on in my…

— Michael J. Knowles

To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture.

— Frantz Fanon

“Understanding languages and other cultures builds bridges. It is the fastest way to bring the world closer together and to Truth. Through understanding, people…

— Suzy Kassem

Language is a unifying instrument which binds people together. When people speak one language they become as one, they become a society.

— S. I. Hayakawa

Language is our way of communicating what we want and who we are.

— Laura Schlessinger

A common language is a first step towards communication across cultural boundaries.

— Ethan Zuckerman

Language both reflects and shapes society. Culture shapes language and then language shapes culture. Little wonder that the words we use to talk to…

— Rosalie Maggio

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

I think once you understand a language, you understand the culture surrounding it as well.

— Petr Cech

If we were multilingual, imagine how much you would learn about your own culture, about the sensibilities of what's important in your own culture.

— Sandra Cisneros

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

— Kató Lomb