Best Quote by David Crystal

Bilingualism opens doors and provides opportunity to our children so they can shine and become successful in a labor market that is increasingly competitive…

— Luis Fortuno

Bilingualism is a great asset for any individual, but it has perilous consequences for a nation.

— Tom Tancredo

History shows, in my opinion, that no nation can survive the tension, conflict and antagonism of two competing languages and cultures. It is a…

— Richard Lamm

Being bilingual is like having a wife and a mistress. One can never be sure of either.

— Natalie Clifford Barney

“how bilingualism has been shown to benefit • bilingual children’s precocious knowledge of language, • their enhanced cognitive development in general, and • the…

— Barbara Zurer Pearson

Bilingualism is for me the fundamental problem of linguistics.

— Roman Jakobson

That's what I mean by being bilingual: comfortable in your skin, comfortable with all parts of who you are.

— Henry Louis Gates

Bilingualism is not an imposition on the citizens. The citizens can go on speaking one language or six languages, or no languages if they…

— Pierre Trudeau

I grew up bilingual, I grew up speaking Chinese in the home, Mandarin Chinese with my parents, and I learned English because I was…

— Leroy Chiao

“In my opinion, dual language education is a great public good that ought to be developed everywhere, as it can positively transform a child,…

— Fabrice Jaumont

I will never know what it's like to have only one language in my head. I have the pleasure of being able to move…

— Pat Mora

Being bicultural and bilingual gave me an opportunity growing up to code switch, culture switch, understanding how people do things differently, but it doesn't…

— Miguel Cardona