Lily King Quotes

I sing in Hungarian. I read Hungarian. I do not pretend to speak Hungarian, but I sing in languages that I have studied as languages. And I find that to be central and very, very helpful. I think if you're not really cognizant of what every single word means, I think that might be a little tricky.

For me, language is something that I've always loved. When I read, that's what I look for. When I write, that's what I strive for.

I don't speak anything fluently, but I love picking up languages and I do this Duolingo app. I started when I moved to Sweden, when I was about 19, 20. I really loved the language; it was super melodic and really sexy.

English is a really wonderful language and I urge you all to investigate it

If you love language, it will love you back.

We have even done a weekend on Japanese grammar! Not that I know anything about Japanese grammar, but it was Kaz's idea, and it was a bit of an adventure, to say the least.

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

If I had mastered the Spanish language to any extent, I might have gone in that direction.

Study a foreign language if you have opportunity to do so. You may never be called to a land where that language is spoken, but the study will have given you a better understanding of your own tongue or of another tongue you may be asked to acquire.

I might do something in Arabic. I might do something in Hebrew.

I speak a number of languages, but none are more beautiful to me than English.

I would love to be able to speak my own language and maybe have an interview in Irish, maybe after my fights.

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

If something interesting comes up, I would love to do something in Bangla in future, especially since I can speak Bangali fluently.

I learned English, French, Italian.

I could teach you how to speak my language, Rosetta Stone.

We must plow through the whole of language.

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

Bilingualism is for me the fundamental problem of linguistics.

The globalized environment where speaking a lot of languages is rewarded and getting access to learning materials is easier. A talent for massive language learning has not been supported by the environment until very recently, so this is a phenomenon that is going to become more common and more visible.

No language is justly studied merely as an aid to other purposes. It will in fact better serve other purposes, philological or historical, when it is studied for love, for itself.

Because education is such a broad area, I chose to focus on language learning.

Usage is the best language teacher.

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

I tried to learn the languages - Italian, Spanish, and German - not to successfully. Working on a European set isn't a hell of a lot different from working on an American set.