International Language Quotes:

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

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

topic: Travel, Inspiration, Communication, International Language, Learning English

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

- Rita Mae Brown

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

topic: Inspiration, Learning, People, Inspirational Learning, Language Culture

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

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

topic: Running, Communication, Inspiration, Inspirational Learning, Language And Communication

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

topic: Leadership, Travel, Crazy, Inspirational Learning, Language And Communication

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

- Ludwig Wittgenstein

source: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Proposition 5.6 (1922)

topic: Wisdom, Communication, Philosophical, Language And Communication, Languages Communication

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

- Gaston Bachelard

source: "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.

topic: Beauty, Communication, Writing, Language Culture, International Language

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

- Martha Graham

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

topic: Inspirational, Dance, Art, Inspirational Dance, Language Acquisition

Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.

- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

topic: Country, Travel, Memories, Eat Your Heart, Inspirational Vacation

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

- Edward Sapir

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

topic: Simple, Creative, Language, International Language

Instrumental music can spread the international language.

- Herb Alpert

source: Twitter post from Oct 18, 2017

topic: Music, Jazz, Language, International Language, Instrumental Music

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

- Eglantyne Jebb

topic: Children, World, Language, International Language

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

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

topic: Country, Real, Animal, International Language, Success Stories

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

topic: Practice, Adoption, Analysis, International Language

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

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

topic: Vocabulary, Spirit, Common, International Language

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

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

topic: Advice, Esperanto, Would Be, International Language

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

- Paul Horn

topic: Mcdonalds, Feelings, Language, International Language

Image is an international language.

- Marjane Satrapi

topic: Language, International Language

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

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

topic: Communication, Differences, People, International Language

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

topic: Heart, Crowds, Hopeless, International Language

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

topic: Book, Islamic, Years, International Language, Holy Books

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

- Phil Knight

topic: Sports, Rocks, Rock N Roll, International Language

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

topic: Sacrifice, Demand, Facts, International Language

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

- Rachel Caine

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

topic: Smart, Latin, Glasses, International Language, Morganville Vampires

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

- Osamu Tezuka

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

topic: Bridges, Generations, Culture, International Language

Art is an international language, understood by all.

- Igor Babailov

topic: Art, Language, Art Is, International Language

Both French and Latin are involved with nationalistic and religious implications which could not be entirely shaken off, and so, while they seemed for a long time to have solved the international language problem up to a certain point, they did not really do so in spirit.

- Edward Sapir

topic: Religious, Latin, Long, International Language, Nationalistic

English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science.

- Edward Sapir

source: Edward Sapir, David Goodman Mandelbaum (1970). “Culture, Language and Personality”, p.50, Univ of California Press

topic: Latin, Language, Accepted, International Language

French, for example, is declining as an international language, but Spanish, Mandarin and Arabic are all languages of the future. Ethnic minority groups in the UK may well prove to be a major asset in this effort.

- David Graddol

topic: Effort, Groups, Example, Minority Groups, International Language

The death of Walt Disney is a loss to all the people of the world. In everything he did, Walt had an intuitive way of reaching out and touching the hearts and mind of young and old alike. His entertainment was an international language. For more than 40 years, people have looked to Walt Disney for the finest quality in family entertainment. There is no way to replace Walt Disney. He was an extraordinary man. Perhaps there will never be another like him… The world will always be a better place because Walt Disney was its master showman.

- Roy O. Disney

topic: Heart, Loss, Men, International Language, Intuitive

Learn to feel sorry for music because, although it is the international language, it has no swear words.

- Billy Connolly

topic: Sorry, Language, Music Is, International Language, Swear Word