123 Quotes About Languages

Meowing is not counted here, since cats rarely seem to meow at each other. That type of vocalization is usually a "pidgin" language used for getting human's attention: the cat equivalent of "Just talk to them clearly and loudly and they'll get what you mean sooner or later.

The invetion of languages is the Foudation. The 'Stories were made rather to provide a world for the languages rather than the reverse

It is a curse not speaking languages and in a broken world more important than ever before.

C’est qu’il faut bien citer ce qu’on ne comprend point du tout dans la langue qu’on entend le moins.

A few words in a stranger’s language reminds us of our shared humanity.

There are innumerable languages in our world. But the only one that can connect people with each other is the language of love.

But I cant' translate it the right way, that's why I always use so many foreign languages around you, because there're some things that simply can't translate, that are beautiful when you read them the original way.

Bahala na," as the Filipinos say, which is an untranslatable phrase containing the same germ of philosophy as the Arabic "inshalla" or the Spanish "mañana" or the English "you must have me mixed up with somebody who gives a shit".

Who am I talking to other than myself here? Someone I hope who at least knows my languages.