Communication Quote by Fredrik Bajer

It's liberating to perform in another language. There are some subjects I would never talk about in French, where they see me as a…

— Gad Elmaleh

In the French language, there is a great gulf between prose and poetry; in English, there is hardly any difference. It is a splendid…

— Victor Hugo

Writing in French is one of my ambitions. I'd like to be able to dream one day in French. Italian and French are the…

— Benedict Cumberbatch

I hope the better I speak French, the better I will play.

— Daniil Medvedev

When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends speak English,…

— Francois Hollande

The more English is heard in the world, the more gratifying it seems to speak French, and above all to know the culture of…

— Bernard Pivot

Of course we may have any number of translations of a given text - the more the better, really.

— Lydia Davis

As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like…

— Boris Pasternak

Hell, I don't know if he speaks French.

— Toe Blake

If you go to France, you have to speakFrench. If you speak in English, no one looks at you. On the one hand we…

— Raj Thackeray

My advice to all who have the time or inclination to concern themselves with the international language movement would be: 'Back Esperanto loyally.

— J. R. R. Tolkien

I read pretty well in French and Spanish. I don't want to read a book written in French or Spanish in translation.

— Mark Kurlansky