Can not Quote by Gertrude Stein

When you used to be able to express yourself as an adult in your own language, or as I can do in English, for…

— Floor Jansen

To be honest, I couldn't hold a conversation with anybody in any language other than English - and that's a struggle sometimes!

— Phil Collins

I am fluent in French. Not in speaking, but in kissing.

— ProudLesbian

Conversation as talent exists only in France. In other countries, conversation provides politeness, discussion, and friendship; in France, it is an art for which…

— Madame de Stael

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

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

Unfortunately, we're using the same language to talk about the language we'retalking about.

— Donna Jo Napoli

Oh, I'm not English, I cannot talk on behalf of an English person. I'm French. I can say about French. They are quite emotional,…

— Sophie Marceau

If you were to ask me to speak Swedish or Dutch or German, I have no idea if I could pull that off!

— Marisol Nichols

Finnish is not a language, it is a way of setting at the end of the bench with your fur cap pulled over your…

— Paavo Haavikko

People who do not speak our language very well do complain of feeling rebuffed by French people, who can sometimes be impatient, or even…

— Bernard Pivot

If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue.

— Bell Hooks