First time Quote by Dave Barry

“Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the…

— Timothy Ferriss

The language skill in the U.S. for the most part has been awful. Many Americans don't learn any foreign language.

— Stephen A. Schwarzman

I meet people overseas that know five languages - that the only language I'm comfortable in is English.

— Bill Gates

Americans don't speak foreign languages, by and large. Their interest in anything beyond the borders of the country is limited. A European of any…

— Arthur Miller

I've never been in any country for more than four years, and I'm learning different languages all the time. It gives you a different…

— Santiago Cabrera

I haven't been abroad in so long that I almost speak English without an accent now.

— Robert Benchley

I don't hold with abroad and think that foreigners speak English when our backs are turned

— Quentin Crisp

I've lived a lot with people who speak different languages.

— Alice Rohrwacher

When I came here I moved to London and I was meeting so many new people and had to speak only in English, which…

— Saara Aalto

“the people in this country who feel most like foreigners to each other are English people who’ve just arrived and the ones who have…

— Paul Scott

I learned a new language for it all in the 90s. Which in some ways isn't bad... I mean getting people to think about…

— Adrian Matejka

The immense value of becoming acquainted with a foreign language is that we are thereby led into a new world of tradition and thought…

— Havelock Ellis