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Foreign Language Quotes

The challenge and reward of learning new tongues

These quotes argue foreign language teaching should start early, comparing resistance to it with old pride in avoiding math.

I've had Republicans come to me and say, 'Tell me how I should talk to young people!' as if it's some foreign language or something.

Quotes by Aaron Schock

The language of the land in the Parthian empire was the native language of Iran. There is no trace pointing to any foreign language having ever been in public use under the Arsacids.

Quotes by Theodor Mommsen

The English book world is relatively closed to translation, so only a small amount of foreign language work can come in.

Quotes by Olga Tokarczuk

There is a slam-dunk case for extending foreign language teaching to children aged five. Just as some people have taken a perverse pride in not understanding mathematics, so we have taken a perverse pride in the fact that we do...

Quotes by Michael Gove

Attended Quotes

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.

Quotes by Max von Sydow

Japanese is a very strange foreign language for European people.

Quotes by Isamu Akasaki

After the turmoil of the Second World War, my family ended up in Russian-occupied East Germany. When I attended fourth grade, I had to learn Russian as my first foreign language in school. I found this quite difficult because of...

Quotes by Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I grew up in Indianapolis, Ind., then a conservative, provincial city. Anglophilia was the first foreign language I was exposed to. Or maybe it was a way of one-upping the local white people. Or maybe it was an early manifestation...

Quotes by Darryl Pinckney

I feel it is unnatural and immoral to try to teach science to children in a foreign language They will know facts, but they will miss the spirit.

Quotes by C. V. Raman

Book Quotes

I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.

Quotes by Bayard Taylor

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these foreign language quotes discuss?
They discuss learning new languages early, mastering them fully, and encountering unfamiliar speech.
Do the quotes support early language education?
Yes, one argues for teaching foreign languages to children as young as five.
Is full mastery of a foreign language addressed?
Yes, one suggests true mastery usually requires being raised with the language, not just studying it.
Are specific languages mentioned as difficult?
Yes, Japanese is described as a particularly strange foreign language for European speakers.
Where can I find more quotes about children and learning?
Visit our children quotes collection for more on education and upbringing.

Others admit true mastery of a foreign language usually requires growing up immersed in it, not just studying book lessons.