Daniel Tammet Quotes

I learned to say 'hello' in German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Chinese, Indonesian, and Italian - languages of the countries I've visited.

You know it was really hard to do a set, or even to do interviews in English, because in Europe, we always had a translator with us.

My children speak very good Chinese, and they translate for our American friends.

England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages!

I like to travel, and I would love to be fluent in at least four languages.

You know among people who kind of travel a lot and have exposure to the United States and some other countries, they do have accounts, but you know, Russia is not exactly the place with multiple language skills so local networks kind of have an edge.

Prior to 'Snowpiercer,' I've done many other international project that forced me to be in an environment where I had to converse in English.

Foreign languages are another favourite topic, and as these men are bilingual they have a fair notion of what it means to speak and think in many different idioms.

Due to these various circumstances, when I entered the Catholic University of Louvain in 1934, I had already travelled in a number of European countries and spoke four languages fairly fluently. This turned out to be a valuable asset in my subsequent career as a scientist.

I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.

I always try to learn a few words from a new language wherever I go.

I've done songs in other languages. I know how hard it is.

When I go to different countries, I want to know how to at least say hello and thank you. Language is a great hobby.

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 is a conscious decision that I do films in different languages.

You have to have a little humility if you're Danish because you're never going to be able to travel outside the country unless you can speak another language.

No doubt, to a man of sense, travel offers advantages. As many languages as he has, as many friends, as many arts and trades, so many times is he a man. A foreign country is a point of comparison, wherefrom to judge his own.

I am a Mexican that has been lucky enough to travel the world, speaking English, but with a heart that speaks a universal language.

This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.

In English, I'm a little bit limited. I speak English as a second language, and that's a little limitation that I have to work around and I have to use it to my favor. So, yes, that's why I end up wanting to do more things in Latin America.

I think that one of the main privileges of what I do, which I am just starting to learn, is to have the ability to travel all over the world and experience different cultures.

I've spent days in cinemas answering questions from the audience, in interviews, travelling abroad, and all they do is thank me nicely.

I don't speak Filipino or Spanish, but I've sung in both.

I wish I could speak Spanish, because it would be a lot easier to play more interesting roles.

I've never been in any country for more than four years, and I'm learning different languages all the time. It gives you a different attitude.