General Quote by Ian Hacking

Languages are the keys of science.

— Jean de la Bruyere

The notion that every well educated person would have a mastery of at least the basic elements of the humanities, sciences, and social sciences…

— Joseph Stiglitz

“Learning a language promoted the first tender shoots of intercultural understanding. People became familiar with previously alien concepts and, as a consequence, more open…

— Fay Abernethy

The truth of the matter is that about 99 percent of teaching is making the students feel interestedin the material. Then the other 1…

— Noam Chomsky

One must not assume that an understanding of science is present in those who borrow the language

— Louis Pasteur

In 100 years we have gone from teaching Latin and Greek in High School to teaching remedial English in college.

— Joseph Sobran

“What the survival of threatened languages means, perhaps, is the endurance of dozens, hundreds, thousands of subtly different notions of truth.”

— Mark Abley

“Understanding languages and other cultures builds bridges. It is the fastest way to bring the world closer together and to Truth. Through understanding, people…

— Suzy Kassem

Creating whole departments of ethnic, gender, and other 'studies' was part of the price of academic peace. All too often, these 'studies' are about…

— Thomas Sowell

Learning another language and another culture brings up all kinds of vulnerabilities, and that leads to exploration and chemistry.

— Lauren Ridloff

I do not pretend that language is science. It isan instrument for the attainment of science.

— Thomas Jefferson

If during their education our youths become alienated from their language, history, ancestors, culture and civilization, it means there is a very serious educational…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan