Matt Groening Quotes

Foreign languages, I think they are important but I don't think it should be required because-actually I think they should be teaching you English and then teaching you how to understand double talk-a politician's double talk-not teaching you how to understand French and Spanish and German, when am I going to Germany? I can't even afford to pay my rent in America, how am I going to Germany?

Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

The more you speak more languages, the more you understand about yourself.

Man is multiplied by the number of languages he possesses and speaks.

Foreigner: A person whose native language is not English.

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

I am sure that I have improved in England.

A man who is ignorant of foreign languages is also ignorant of his own language.

Every American child should grow up knowing a second language, preferably English.

That's why it's important to be multilingual, because it teaches you so much about your own language.

Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiss nichts von seiner eigenen.He who is ignorant of foreign languages, knows not his own.

If you don't know foreign languages, you don't know anything about your own.

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 ready for the new millennium. We're way behind compared to countries in Europe. If we were multilingual, imagine how much you would learn about your own culture, about the sensibilities of what's important in your own culture.

Knowing English is important, but for us Venezuelans I think it would also be important to know Portuguese. For that reason, we should evaluate the possibility of it being taught in our schools.

My background is in arts education and we know, absolutely for a fact, that there is no better way for kids to learn critical thinking skills, communication skills, things like empathy and tolerance. This is true across every boundary, across cultural boundaries, across socioeconomic, it's a great leveler in terms of unifying our world.

I was always told that the Premier League would suit my playing style, and England has always attracted me. Ever since I was a child, I always wanted to come here so much so that I learned the language, so I was preparing myself in some way for a future move to England.

I would love to go to England.

As a woman of colour, as a person who is a minority, I believe its important that other people know about my language and I don't necessarily have to explain. In the same way, when I read 19th-century literature and if I have to understand a Latin phrase or a French phrase, it is incumbent upon me to learn it.

In South Africa, we speak English and sometimes Afrikaans, sometimes Zulu, sometimes Xhosa.

You don't have to speak English to have sophisticated political opinions.

Recording a Hindi song takes me around 40 minutes whereas a Kannada song takes me about two hours. The music isn't a problem, since the notes used are universal. The language is the problem. I try my best to get it right, as I'm sensitive about respecting every language, since all of them are sacred in my heart.

Spanish is such an important language globally.

It's rare to find an Indian who speaks Chinese. It's rare to find a Chinese who can speak any of the Indian languages. Neither of them at the trading level - I want to repeat this, at the trading level - can speak English, either.

It's always lovely to know new languages.

It is good to be well connected with English language, literature and history, but the knowledge of our culture and roots is equally important.