Languages Quotes

557 quotes by 475 authors

One of the most important and fascinating of all computer languages is Lisp (standing for "List Processing"), which was invented by John McCarthy around the… — Douglas Hofstadter
"We speak different languages, as usual," responded Woland, "but this does not change the things we speak about. Well?..." — Mikhail Bulgakov
I know how to say 'no' in twelve languages. That's enough for a woman. — Sophia Loren
He who does not know foreign languages does not know anything about his own. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The new sound-sphere is global. It ripples at great speed across languages, ideologies, frontiers and races. The economics of this musical Esperanto is staggering. Rock… — George Steiner
The Wright Brothers created the single greatest cultural force since the invention of writing. The airplane became the first World Wide Web, bringing people, languages,… — Bill Gates
Language development, for instance, has a critical period that begins in infancy and ends between eight years and puberty. After this critical period closes, a… — Norman Doidge
Back when the Bible was written, then edited, then rewritten, then rewritten, then re-edited, then translated from dead languages, then re-translated, then edited, then rewritten,… — David Cross
Travel the world, learn other languages, demand liberty, despise violence, read books, and keep a dictionary nearby. — Jeff B. Davis
Venti is twenty. Large is large. In fact, tall is large and grande is Spanish for large. Venti is the only one that doesn't mean… — Paul Rudd
Also, I think having a musicality about me that helps in identifying different things in languages and getting them right. — Toni Collette
Lisp was far more powerful and flexible than any other language of its day; in fact, it is still a better design than most languages… — Eric S. Raymond
Of course, C proved indispensible to the developers of all its alternatives. Dig down through enough implementation layers under any of the other languages surveyed… — Eric S. Raymond
Ingrid Bergman speaks five languages and canâ€™t act in any of them. — John Gielgud
I grew up speaking both languages, and for me that's really important. — Jon Secada
I grew up in a community that was bilingual. I've done it for a while, singing in both languages. — Jon Secada
They have our bundles split open in museums / our dresses & shirts at auctions / our languages on tape / our stories in locked… — Chrystos
I start by using Chinese and many of the sounds of other languages are similar. — Andy Lau
I had a quick ear and could pick up languages. — Diane Cilento
SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing. — Philip Greenspun

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