123 Quotes About Languages

To look it at another way, surely there are many unfortunate people who have needed to undergo multiple stomach surgeries. Yet no one would hand a scalpel over to them and ask them to perform the same surgery they received on another person, simply because they themselves had undergone it so often.

At first, we should read with a blitheness practically bordering on superficiality; later on, with a conscientiousness close to distrust.

Language is present in a piece of writing like the sea in a single drop.

Naturally, translators who dare to complain about these mistakes [e.g. false friends] are labelled hairsplitters and pedants (FR: pédants pinailleurs), but it is a badge we should wear with pride.

It seems the British are born to hoist their flag over every nation where the sun rises and never learn their language.

There is as little likelihood of squeezing an adult into the intellectual framework of their childhood as there is into their first pair of pajamas.

Internet Users in India Prefer Local Language to Surf the Web

The gospel of the glory of Christ spreads better and flourishes more because of 6,500 languages, not in spite of them.

In Japanese and Italian, the response to ["How are you?"] is "I'm fine, and you?" In German it's answered with a sigh and a slight pause, followed by "Not so good.