First time Quote by Jacques Barzun

“Languages are not strangers to on another.”

— Walter Benjamin

“If two thousand five hundred languages are to be lost in the course of the twenty-first century, don’t be in any doubt about what…

— Andrew Dalby

“English is not merely a language anymore; it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the world.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

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

— Tom Tancredo

“Culture cannot compensate for lack of hard knowledge.”

— Muriel Spark

“Although it permits the use of students’ native language “to clarify key concepts,” this weak form of bilingual instruction has no support in educational…

— James Crawford

“There are not two cultures, only half-cultured individuals”

— Judith Merril

Bilingualism for the individual is fine, but not for a country.

— S. I. Hayakawa

“New languages are not something you can pick up overnight. They take time. Patience. The willingness to change the way you think about what…

— Jessica Brody

“I had forgotten how different my language looks on paper, that its letters have so little resemblance to how they actually sound. Words, most…

— Monique Truong

“Culture is not enough, even though nothing is enough without culture.”

— T.S. Eliot

If educators were really understanding of that, they'd say, "You know what? Forget about bilingual, we're going to do multilingual education." So children are…

— Sandra Cisneros