Susanna Clarke Quotes

Foreign languages are another favourite topic, and as these men are bilingual they have a fair notion of what it means to speak and think in many different idioms.

It's rare to find an Indian who speaks Chinese. It's rare to find a Chinese who can speak any of the Indian languages. Neither of them at the trading level - I want to repeat this, at the trading level - can speak English, either.

You have to have a little humility if you're Danish because you're never going to be able to travel outside the country unless you can speak another language.

I parle Francais like a Spanish cow.

England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages!

When I took part in European leaders summits, it was sometimes unpleasant for me to hear Romanian, Polish, Portuguese, and Italian friends speak English, although I admit that on an informal basis, first contacts can be made in this language. Nevertheless, I will defend everywhere the use of the French language.

I never found it frustrating not speaking.

You know among people who kind of travel a lot and have exposure to the United States and some other countries, they do have accounts, but you know, Russia is not exactly the place with multiple language skills so local networks kind of have an edge.

You only have to look at London, where almost half of all primary school children speak English as a second language, to see the challenges we now face as a country. This isn't fair to anyone: how can people build relationships with their neighbours if they can't even speak the same language?

England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

People appreciate when you make an effort to speak their language.

A different language is a different vision of life.

When people speak their own language you get a much better sense of who they are.

Foreign languages was the only thing that interested me when I was at school, so playing in another language... it is quite demanding because if it is not your mother tongue, you are missing some connotations and some emotional depth of certain things.

For the benefit of those who are not bilingual, I will now continue in English.

Man is multiplied by the number of languages he possesses and speaks.

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

I would love to be bilingual. I think having a second or third language at my bidding would open up the world in amazing ways.

I worked at a job where 90 percent of my coworkers were Spanish-speaking, and some of them were only Spanish-speaking. My rule was if someone came into the office needing something - I worked in HR at the time - they had to bring a Spanish word to teach me. That was the deal.

Getting access to diverse civilizations should be easy, and languages are the gateway to that.

On a bus ride through China, my family and I had talked for hours before a police officer boarded to conduct an inspection. My mother and brother couldn't speak Chinese, so they pretended to be deaf and mute, and none of the Chinese passengers said anything, sparing us.

I've done songs in other languages. I know how hard it is.

I wish I knew more languages.

If you can speak Spanish, then you can have a stronger connection with the residents of Los Angeles.

Being a Malayali, I had to learn Punjabi and Haryanvi to be able to jump into the music scene.