Languages Quotes

557 quotes by 475 authors

Years should not be devoted to the acquisition of dead languages or to the study of history which, for the most part, is a detailed… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The conquest of learning is achieved through the knowledge of languages. — Roger Bacon
When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent… — David Antin
India was the motherland of our race, and Sanskrit the mother of Europe's languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother, through the Arabs,… — Will Durant
Plurality of languages: [...] It is crucial 1. that there are many languages and that they differ not only in vocabulary, but also in grammar,… — Hannah Arendt
The Jewish people have been in exile for 2,000 years; they have lived in hundreds of countries, spoken hundreds of languages and still they kept… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
We're persecuted in the most civilized languages. — Bernard Malamud
Americans are people who prefer the Continent to their own country, but refuse to learn its languages. — E. V. Lucas
Here's how the people live here, in big house-shaped boxes to keep off 'rain' and 'snow,' holes cut in the sides so they can see… — Richard Bach
Many people with different backgrounds, cultures, languages, and creeds combine to make a nation. But that nation is greater than the sum total of the… — Louis Nizer
A special skill, like speaking several languages, or keeping your mouth shut in one. — Evan Esar
Building technical systems involves a lot of hard work and specialized knowledge: languages and protocols, coding and debugging, testing and refactoring. — Jesse James Garrett
With languages, you can move from one social situation to another. With languages, you are at home anywhere. — Edmund de Waal
The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and literature. — Emma Bonino
After using four different languages on an album, it's tough to decide which one I'm gonna actually learn to speak. I always study the lyric,… — Josh Groban
More good code has been written in languages denounced as "bad'' than in languages proclaimed "wonderful'' - much more. — Bjarne Stroustrup
The effects of abuse are devastating and far-reaching. Domestic violence speaks many languages, has many colours and lives in many different communities. — Sandra Pupatello
Every human being should know two languages: the language of society and the language of signs. One serves to communicate with other people, the other… — Paulo Coelho
He knows that the most important words in all languages are the small words. — Paulo Coelho
The warrior knows that the most important words in all languages are the small words. Yes. Love. God. They are words that are easy enough… — Paulo Coelho

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