“ Since there is no real silence, Silence will contain all the sounds, All the words, all the languages, All knowledge, all memory. Dejan Stojanovic
“ The joy of knowing a foreign language is inexpressible. I find it really difficult to express such joy in my mother tongue. Munia Khan
“ Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a look of furtive shame, the shifty hangdog look which announces that an Englishman is about to… P.G. Wodehouse
“ Though we were forbidden to speak anything but French, the teacher would occasionally use us to practice any of her five fluent languages.I hate you, she said to me one afternoon. Her English was flaw… David Sedaris
“ Strange bent over these things, with a concentration to rival Minervois's own, questioning, criticizing and proposing. Strange and the two engravers spoke French to each other. To Strange's surprize C… Susanna Clarke
“ It took seven languages to make me; it would have been nice if I could have spoken just one. But I couldn't, so he leaned down and kissed me. Nicole Krauss
“ When Richard created the Purple Gentian, the talent for ancient languages that had stunned his schoolmasters at Eton had come to his aid once again. While Sir Percy had pretended to be a fop, Richard… Lauren Willig
“ 'Banished men should never speak their native tongue; it comes bitter from their mouth. And this language suits a traitor better, I think; drips off one's teeth like sugar-syrup.' Ursula K. Le Guin
“ Über die deutsche Sprache: „Sie halten sich für tief, weil ihre Sprache unklar ist, ihr fehlt die clarté der französischen Sprache, sie sagt nie exakt das, was sie sollte, so dass kein Deutscher jemal… Umberto Eco
“ People think that other international languages are smarter and more business wise. But they have to understand that we have to preserve our culture. Enock Maregesi
“ Do you wish to speak in Provençal, French, or Latin? They are all I can manage, I'm afraid.Any will do, the rabbi replied in Provençal.Splendid. Latin it is, said Pope Clement. Iain Pears
“ A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel... he must lay the best coffee hearth to attract the finest men... a good ruler has to learn his world's language... it's different for every world...… Frank Herbert
“ The ability to master other languages (which would have hugely enhanced the scope of these answers). Fully conscious, and either fighting or reciting (or fooling around). The way in which it makes for… Christopher Hitchens
“ To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to my horse - German. Emperor Charles V
“ 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 som… P.J. O'Rourke
