Languages Quotes

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Solely in the world of languages is the amateur of value. Well-intentioned sentences full of mistakes can still build bridges between people. Asking in broken… — KatÃ³ Lomb
My view is that knowing languages is part of the process of becoming a cultured person. — KatÃ³ Lomb
Given the devaluation of literature and of the study of foreign languages per se in the United States, as well as the preponderance of theory… — Marilyn Hacker
English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will… — Abdul Kalam
The intelligent and good man holds in his affections the good and true of every land -- the boundaries of countries are not the limitations… — Robert Green Ingersoll
It's amazing how, age after age, in country after country, and in all languages, Shakespeare emerges as incomparable. — M H Abrams
Hebrew is the most wonderful of languages, a language of a thousand antonyms, hard and strong as steel, while soft and gleaming as gold. — Ze'ev Jabotinsky
Anthropology provides a scientific basis for dealing with the crucial dilemma of the world today how can peoples of different appearance, mutually unintelligible languages, and… — Clyde Kluckhohn
Disease [is] as one of our languages. Doctors understand what disease has to say about itself. It's up to the person with the disease to… — Susanna Kaysen
I just know so many people who have six or seven foreign languages and have read everything and have musical training and they are still… — Joseph Epstein
We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremendous difficulty, provided that we… — Edsger Dijkstra
The first rule of translation: make sure you know at least one of the bloody languages! — Faiz Ahmad Faiz
I am the leader of one country which has two alphabets, three languages, four religions, five nationalities, six republics, surrounded by seven neighbours, a country… — Josip Broz Tito
Added to the difficulty of learning to speak the language was the greater difficulty of finding terms to express the ideas which the missionary had… — Helen Barrett Montgomery
We believe in taking down the barriers, but we also believe in the most energetic reconciliation among peoples by getting them to know each other,… — Betty Williams
Independently of the curious circumstance that such tales should be found existing in very different countries and languages, which augurs a greater poverty of human… — Walter Scott
A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions… — Anna Seward
We have also obtained a glimpse of another crucial idea about languages and program design. This is the approach of statified design, the notion that… — Hal Abelson
Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. ... The… — David Gelernter
We think only through the medium of words. Languages are true analytical methods. Algebra, which is adapted to its purpose in every species of expression,… — Antoine Lavoisier

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