International Language Quotes

• Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Travel, Communication, Inspiration

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• Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.

  Rita Mae Brown

  Inspiration, Learning, People

  Rita Mae Brown (2011). “Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual”, p.47, Bantam

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• Language is the blood of the soul into which thoughts run and out of which they grow.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Running, Communication, Inspiration

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• If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

  Nelson Mandela

  Leadership, Travel, Crazy

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The limits of my language means the limits of my world.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Wisdom, Communication, Philosophical

  Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Proposition 5.6 (1922)

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• A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.

  Gaston Bachelard

  Beauty, Communication, Writing

  "Fragments of a Poetics of Fire (A Retrospective Glance at the Lifework of a Master of Books)". Book by Gaston Bachelard edited by Suzanne Bachelard, 1988.

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• Dance is the hidden langauge of the soul, of the body.

  Martha Graham

  Inspirational, Dance, Art

  "Martha Graham Reflects on Her Art and a Life in Dance". archive.nytimes.com. March 31, 1985.

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• Let your memory be your travel bag.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Travel, Memories, Next Adventure

  "Thinking About Alexander Solzhenitsyn" by Don Meyer, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 18, 2012.

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• A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.

  Edward Sapir

  Simple, Creative, Language

  Edward Sapir, Pierre Swiggers (2008). “General Linguistics”, p.281, Walter de Gruyter

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• Instrumental music can spread the international language.

  Herb Alpert

  Music, Jazz, Language

  Twitter post from Oct 18, 2017

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• The only international language in the world is a child's cry.

  Eglantyne Jebb

  Children, World, Language

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• Science is the international language, so when we are able to convince countries that good decision-making for human health and animal health is based upon science, that’s a real success story for us.

  Mike Johanns

  Country, Real, Animal

  "An Exclusive Interview: USDA Secretary Mike Johanns". Interview with Sam Gazdziak, www.provisioneronline.com. June 1, 2005.

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• The spirit of logical analysis should in practice blend with the practical pressure for the adoption of some form of international language, but it should not allow itself to be stampeded by it.

  Edward Sapir

  Practice, Adoption, Analysis

  Edward Sapir (1949). “Culture, Language, and Personality: Selected Essays”, p.64, Univ of California Press

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• So far as the advocates of a constructed international language are concerned, it is rather to be wondered at how much in common their proposals actually have, both in vocabulary and in general spirit of procedure.

  Edward Sapir

  Vocabulary, Spirit, Common

  Edward Sapir, Pierre Swiggers (2008). “General Linguistics”, p.264, Walter de Gruyter

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• My advice to all who have the time or inclination to concern themselves with the international language movement would be: 'Back Esperanto loyally.'

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Advice, Esperanto, Would Be

  "A Philologist on Esperanto". The British Esperantist, May 1932.

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• My feeling is, music is a more eloquent international language than Coca-Cola or McDonalds.

  Paul Horn

  Mcdonalds, Feelings, Language

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• Image is an international language.

  Marjane Satrapi

  Language, International

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• Music can make a difference. There is a global nature to music, which has the potential to bring all people together. Music is truly an international language, and I hope to contribute by widening communication as much as I can.

  Marvin Hamlisch

  Communication, Differences, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It would, of course, be hopeless to attempt to crowd into an international language all those local overtones of meaning which are so dear to the heart of the nationalist.

  Edward Sapir

  Heart, Crowds, Language

  Edward Sapir, Pierre Swiggers (2008). “General Linguistics”, p.281, Walter de Gruyter

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• In fact, for a period stretching over seven hundred years, the international language of science was Arabic. For this was the language of the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, and thus the official language of the vast Islamic Empire that, by the early eighth century CE, stretched from India to Spain.

  Jim Al-Khalili

  Book, Islamic, Years

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• Sports is like rock 'n' roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions.

  Phil Knight

  Sports, Rocks, Rock N Roll

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• A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities.

  Edward Sapir

  Sacrifice, Demand, Facts

  Edward Sapir, David Goodman Mandelbaum (1985). “Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality”, p.112, Univ of California Press

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• You're kidding. I thought all geniuses read Latin. Isn't that the international language for smart people?"-Shane (Glass Houses)

  Rachel Caine

  Smart, Latin, Glasses

  Rachel Caine (2006). “Glass Houses: The Morganville Vampires”, p.149, Penguin

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• Comics are an international language, they can cross boundaries and generations. Comics are a bridge between all cultures.

  Osamu Tezuka

  Bridges, Generations, Culture

  Osamu Tezuka (2016). “Astro Boy Omnibus”, p.683, Dark Horse Comics

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• Art is an international language, understood by all.

  Igor Babailov

  Art, Language, Understood

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