First Language Quotes

26 quotes by 25 authors

• God's first language is Silence. Everything else is a translation. — Thomas Keating
• French was my first language. — Bob Cousy
• I have never known what is Arabic or English, or which one was really mine beyond any doubt. What I do know, however, is that… — Edward Said
• Our parents taught us to love God, love our family and love our country. Their own grandparents were immigrants. Their first language may not have… — Martin O'Malley
• I learned Spanish at home and, since half my family doesn't speak English, it's my first language. — Odette Annable
• My first language is Gaelic. — Enya
• Touch is the first language we speak. — Stephen Gaskin
• Silence is God's first language. — John of the Cross
• We breathe in our first language, and swim in our second. — Adam Gopnik
• My father is Cuban. Spanish was my first language, but I don't speak it that much anymore because I had dyslexia, and in school they… — Bella Thorne
• I grew up in France, my first language was French, and I tend to gravitate towards French cooking. — Robert Stack
• Somebody said to me that I speak English almost like somebody for whom English is not their first language. — Christopher Walken
• I think I am less self-assured when I write English than I would be if I were writing in my first language. I have to… — Louis Begley
• My first language is both English and Spanish. My mom was raised in Los Angeles, so with her we spoke English, but my father was… — Jencarlos Canela
• Physical expression was my first language: Before I was an actor, I was a dancer, an acrobat, a mime and a street performer. — Denis Lavant
• The first time I was in Stockholm, everybody was real cordial, but I started having these nightmares that I was being watched by aliens, basically… — Mikky Ekko
• I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish,… — Salma Hayek
• My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness. — Al Pacino
• Touch comes before sight, before speech. It is the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth. — Margaret Atwood
• My first language, the true language of the soul spoken only on our planet of origin, had no word for betrayal or traitor. Or even… — Stephenie Meyer

Who Wrote These First Language Quotes

25 authors contributed a total of 26 First Language Quotes as follows:

• 1 First Language Quote by Jencarlos Canela
• 1 First Language Quote by Denis Lavant
• 1 First Language Quote by Mikky Ekko
• 1 First Language Quote by Salma Hayek
• 1 First Language Quote by Al Pacino
• 1 First Language Quote by Margaret Atwood
• 1 First Language Quote by Stephenie Meyer
• 1 First Language Quote by Tanit Phoenix
• 1 First Language Quote by Helen Vendler
• 1 First Language Quote by Amish Tripathi
• 1 First Language Quote by Eiza Gonzalez
• 1 First Language Quote by Zhu Zhu
• 1 First Language Quote by Thomas Keating
• 1 First Language Quote by Bob Cousy
• 1 First Language Quote by Edward Said
• 1 First Language Quote by Martin O'Malley
• 1 First Language Quote by Odette Annable
• 1 First Language Quote by Enya
• 1 First Language Quote by Stephen Gaskin
• 1 First Language Quote by John of the Cross
• 1 First Language Quote by Adam Gopnik
• 1 First Language Quote by Bella Thorne
• 1 First Language Quote by Robert Stack
• 1 First Language Quote by Christopher Walken
• 1 First Language Quote by Louis Begley