Peter Hermann Quotes

I grew up listening to people speaking broken English. I probably picked that up. And I probably speak English almost as a second language.

I didn't speak English until I came to Pittsburgh.

I learned English, my sixth language at this point, quite quickly.

It is asked of me that I give my first speech in this house in a language [English] other than my mother tongue [French.] …. Even if I knew English as intimately as I knew French, I would still give my first speech in the language of my French Canadian compatriots

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

English, for me, is an acquired language. I started with English at the age of 10. At the time, it was my third language.

It is not easy, but young people have to learn languages.

I was born and brought up in London, so I couldn't speak Hindi properly. But as I am socialising more with my Hindi speaking friends, I'm getting better at the language.

It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.

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

Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn this common language.

Nothing in my younger life could have told me I would have needed to know how to speak English.

It's important to me to work in my own language now and then. I love English, but you can never learn to master a foreign language if you're not brought up with it.

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

I spent ten years in London; I trained there. But because I started in English, it kind of feels the most natural to me, to act in English, which is a strange thing. My language is Spanish; I grew up in Argentina. I speak to my family in Spanish, but if you were to ask me what language I connect with, it'd be English in some weird way.

I understand English; I read and write English perfectly, but the accent won't go away.

My mom taught me German before I knew English. And I went to French immersion school.

I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.

I had a quick ear and could pick up languages.

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

I learned Spanish at home and, since half my family doesn't speak English, it's my first language.

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 definitely want to teach my daughter Spanish.

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

I speak Spanish to my children and they speak it better than me.