Bayard Taylor Quotes

I lived in England to learn English. When I went to England for the first time, it was like being on the Moon. I had no friends, I couldn't speak the language. I was very isolated.

In addition to the research, I enjoyed learning French and assimilating the culture of another country.

In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny. I wish I had understood Italian.

It was very liberating, living in a foreign country, a place where everything was new and strange - the food, the customs, the climate, everything.

When I went to Australia, I had this feeling, like, 'Wow, this is really a different country.' I think that feeling of genuine foreignness, that this is a very different culture, which is increasingly rare in our globalised world.

As a child, it was really hard because I'd be thrown into a new school and have to make new friends, or I'd sit in class for months without speaking the language, but as I got older, I welcomed the possibility of discovering new cultures and languages.

Going to the U.A.E. for the first time was a real cultural shock. Everything was different. People didn't speak my language, it was all new, a huge change. But I loved it.

It's fascinating when you're from another place, but you don't speak the language.

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.

Going through different places, I stopped through Dubai and stayed there overnight. There I had an ultra-culture shock.

I feel that as the world becomes more and more multicultural, it's a good tool to be able to speak another language.

I take great pride in the fact that I have lived in a Spanish-speaking country.

I have no idea what it would be like to be just one thing and speak one language. I feel enormously privileged to travel and be able to mingle and speak to people that, had I only known English, I wouldn't have been able to meet.

Going to another country you're not in your house, you're with people you've never met before, and I think it's definitely a good growing experience.

A common language is a first step towards communication across cultural boundaries.

We moved to Australia for two years though and that was a little bit tough trying to fit in.

China was the first time I truly felt like an outsider. I fell in love with the process of trying to become intimate with the culture.

I meet people overseas that know five languages - that the only language I'm comfortable in is English.

I loved France, although I initially thought they were stubborn for always speaking French.

As an immigrant, I learned by watching other people.

I don't speak English or French, but that doesn't mean anything.

It's been a bit of a struggle getting used to life in the States, adapting to a new lifestyle.

When I came here I moved to London and I was meeting so many new people and had to speak only in English, which is not my native language.

Everything has changed since I came to China.

When I came to Korea for the first time, I couldn't understand the language.