Gugu Mbatha-Raw Quotes

I have a good ear for languages.

I had to know at least two languages.

I'm pretty good with languages.

I pick up languages fast.

Now I speak English.

When a person has an accent, it means he can speak one more language than you

[Languages] became a tool that served me my whole life.

Whoa, lady, I only speak two languages, English and bad English.

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.

Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised.

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

No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another.

As humans we speak one language.

The conquest of learning is achieved through the knowledge of languages.

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

I have been drumming my whole life.

An ear will never do you wrong, but I know writers who... most of the language they use is just extracted language from other languages they've read. I am a big-time reader, but I mix and match.

Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom.

I write. I have read a great deal. I enjoy books. I like the wit of languages. Even French I like. I like to be able to think in different modes. I like to be able to use the language a great deal and carry on rehearsals in French.

How many languages can a child learn? As many as you will take the time to teach them.

That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say 'No' in any of them.

Plurality of languages: [...] It is crucial 1. that there are many languages and that they differ not only in vocabulary, but also in grammar, and so in mode of thought and 2. that all languages are learnable.

I loved languages, and loved learning languages. It was fantastic. But I was alone there. I remember that time as a real Virginia Woolf time. More than any language it was her language that influenced me.

I co-founded Duolingo with the mission of bringing free language education to the world.

They say he's an intelligent man, right? Speaks five languages! I've got a 15-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages!