Michael Korda Quotes

I was very adept at acquiring languages.

I can speak a bit of German.

There was writing and foreign languages. I always had an ease with foreign languages. So the both are related, both language related kind of mind.

I think it'd be pretty cool to fly. Actually, I'd like to be Language Gal. My super power is that I can speak every language.

A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable.

I would like to speak 10 languages.

I've studied Chinese in college, but basically, I'm not bilingual.

I think the cardinal rule of learning to write is learning to read first. I learned to write by learning to read.

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

I'd read at a much higher-than-average grade level since, well, grade school.

I don't speak Spanish, I speak a little of Italian but no Spanish.

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

It was hard for my father to read; it took him a long time, but he had tremendous retention and tremendous appreciation for writing.

I grew up speaking Spanish and English. My mother can speak Spanish, English, French and Italian, and she's pretty good at faking Portuguese. I wish that I spoke more languages than I do.

I'm a very slow reader.

We need a president who's fluent in at least one language.

I can speak English. I can speak Hindi. I can understand one or two other languages.

I'm a slow reader.

I had a quick ear and could pick up languages.

I want to be able to speak every language. If I could have any talent and I get to choose it, and be naturally gifted and speak every language. It's not going to happen, but it sure would be nice. It's a good wish.

I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both worlds.

I have never been particularly good with languages. Despite a dozen years of Hebrew school and a lifetime of praying in the language, I'm ashamed to admit that I still can't read an Israeli newspaper. Besides English, the only language I speak with any degree of fluency is Spanish.

I speak a little Spanish but I am so impressed by people who can speak a lot of different languages.

A lot of people who live in Denmark will understand Danish but not necessarily speak it.

The kids who speak well, are articulate and intelligent, are all readers.