Common Quote by Michael Erard

There was a language specific to all things. The ability to learn another language in one arena, whether it was music, medicine, or finance,…

— Chris Gardner

Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.

— Alexandre Dumas

Language is the biggest barrier to human progress because language is an encyclopedia of ignorance. Old perceptions are frozen into language and force us…

— Edward de Bono

Each language is a different lens from through which you view the world. So, learn as much as you can!

— Henry Lau

It is much easier to learn another language when you are young, enthusiastic and unembarrassed.

— Martin Jacques

I can't think of how many meetings I've sat through where people have explained that language has become less important because we now live…

— Michael Rosen

I feel that as the world becomes more and more multicultural, it's a good tool to be able to speak another language.

— Sarah Shahi

My view is that knowing languages is part of the process of becoming a cultured person.

— Kató Lomb

“There is nothing intrinsic in the English language that made it attain such prominence. It is far from easy to learn. (A recent study…

— Minae Mizumura

It requires a strong mind to bear up against several languages. Some persons have learnt so many, that they have ceased to think in…

— Arthur Helps

Just the attempt to learn a [new] language is like running different software through the brain.

— Andrew Weil

Increasingly, over the past ten years, I've come to take the view that a cultural perspective is intrinsic to the future of language teaching…

— David Crystal