Anyone can speak Troll.
All you have to do is point and grunt.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Joanne “Jo” Rowling,
pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith
best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series)
Learning a foreign language,
and the culture that goes with it,
is one of the most useful things
we can do to broaden
the empathy
and imaginative sympathy
and cultural outlook of children.
Michael Andrew Gove
who was Secretary of State for Education
and Secretary of State for Justice)
Some translators turn
an author’s words from gold to stone,
others from stone to gold.
Terri Guillemets
Founder of Quote Garden)
We invent the world through language.
The world occurs through language.
Malachi Pancoast
If a language is corruptible,
then a constitution written in that language
is corruptible.
Robert Brault
who has contributed to magazines
and newspapers in the USA for over 40 years;
You can follow him in his personal blog)
Language is the means
of getting an idea
from my brain into yours
without surgery.
Mark Amidon
English is a funny language;
that explains
why we park our car
on the driveway
and drive our car
on the parkway.
Author Unknown
If you can speak three languages
you’re trilingual.
If you can speak two languages
you’re bilingual.
If you can speak only one language
you’re an American.
Author unknown
First the language dies,
then the culture.
Author unknown
Imagine you’re stupid
and everyone is aware of it.
Author unknown
