Languages Quotes

557 quotes by 473 authors

It is generally recognised that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multi-tasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial awareness. It… — Stephen Hawking
The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius, necessarily has deficiencies in his ideas. — Victor Hugo
Printing ballots in multiple languages costs millions of dollars every year. It also discourages immigrants from integrating into American society and gaining the benefits that… — Ernest Istook
I realized very early in life what my abilities and limitations were, and foreign languages was definitely one of my limitations. With strenuous effort, I… — Michio Kaku
In Asian languages, the word for 'mind' and the word for 'heart' are same. So if you're not hearing mindfulness in some deep way as… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before… — Karl Lagerfeld
I don't know whether machine translation will eventually get good enough to allow us to browse people's websites in different languages so you can see… — Tim Berners-Lee
I never found accents difficult, after learning languages. — Vivien Leigh
A degree of lying - you know, white lies - seems to be inherent in all languages and all forms of communication. — Matthew Lesko
My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures. — Jet Li
One effect that the Nobel Prize seems to have had is that more Arabic literary works have been translated into other languages. — Naguib Mahfouz
I'm certainly curious about people. As a kid, I moved around a lot. I was raised in a lot of different places, and thanks to… — Viggo Mortensen
I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult. — Rafael Nadal
After an extensive interview he arranged for my weaknesses in foreign languages to be over-looked and so I started a Biology degree at Birmingham in… — Paul Nurse
I don't think the public here buy this idea that women and men speak different comedic languages. — Chris O'Dowd
I've had a very interesting career. I get to do amazing things and work with amazing people and travel and learn languages - things most… — Gwyneth Paltrow
Even in India the Hindi film industry might be the best known but there are movies made in other regional languages in India, be it… — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek. — Anne Rice
As the president of Kosovo, I am more concerned about the current situation with the employment standing at around 70 % of the population, which… — Ibrahim Rugova
No two languages are ever sufficiently similar to be considered as representing the same social reality. — Edward Sapir

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