Samuel Johnson Quotes

It is an absolute privilege to be able to speak another language and have it be something you grew up with. I think it's a very important thing and I think that everywhere else in the world people speak more than one language.

I'm pretty good with languages.

I use Mandarin, Korean and English on a daily basis and usually only use Cantonese when I'm speaking with my relatives. I don't think it's very difficult for me to switch between each language because I've been doing it for so long.

Latinos are learning English. That doesn't mean that they should sacrifice their original language or that they should give up this in-betweeness that is Spanglish.

My father had barely any education. He could hardly write or count. But his great pride was that he was perfectly bilingual. In the household, he entertained this idea that we had to speak both languages.

I've been working in three-four languages. I'm happy to do it.

I may speak many languages, but there remains one in which I live.

Every American child should grow up knowing a second language, preferably English.

I want to find a genie in a bottle that can grant me three wishes. I want to be able to speak, read, write, and understand any language ever written or spoken, just any language throughout the history of man. That would be one of my wishes from the genie, so I would have to put "multilingual" on the resume, should I ever find the genie.

I am fluent in Spanish and I understand French, Italian and Portuguese.

A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable.

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.

My children speak very good Chinese, and they translate for our American friends.

I don't speak Spanish, I speak a little of Italian but no Spanish.

I grew up speaking Spanish and English. My mother can speak Spanish, English, French and Italian, and she's pretty good at faking Portuguese. I wish that I spoke more languages than I do.

I don't speak Filipino or Spanish, but I've sung in both.

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 grew up speaking both languages, and for me that's really important.

Bilingualism opens doors and provides opportunity to our children so they can shine and become successful in a labor market that is increasingly competitive and globalized.

I can speak English. I can speak Hindi. I can understand one or two other languages.

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

I'm pretty good with languages. I know a bit of French and actually want to live in France some day so that I can get fluent. I think it'd be tragic to go through life only knowing one language.

I was very adept at acquiring languages.

I think it's important if you're American to have a second language, and Spanish is the language to have.