Quotes About Language

The sibilant s is the most difficult sound to correct.

I know words sometimes have consequences, but I try to choose the correct words every time.

My English, I'm still learning. I'm still learning how to use my words. People want to hear what I have to say in the correct way, so I think every time it's going to be a little bit better.

Engineers aren't professional grammarticians, but they love correcting people. Even more, they love making you feel stupid.

I still do get all these letters from people saying they are not pronouncing my name correctly!

As soon as I speak, I think people go, 'Well, he obviously must have grown up on a council estate, gone to a comprehensive school and be working class - so I can relate to him.'

It's all about good scripts and roles that count. The language barrier does not make any difference for me.

Read and write with a sensitive ear. The craft of writing is very important. Practice the craft.

Favorite subject? I would have to say creative writing.

I think kids are excited by language, and they're not always given credit for that.

When evaluating the suitability of a woman for a role, or using certain language in job advertisements, biases can creep in.

My grandmother is from Martinique, so sometimes I'm ashamed that I don't speak Creole.

It is always a pleasure to work with a Malayali crew, regardless of the language of the movie.

It's very difficult to find even one or two criteria that you will find in every Internet situation, and the reason is that the technology constrains language in individual ways.

I was German-speaking, and I arrived 10 years old to Croatia, and really wasn't speaking a lot at home with my parents in Croatian, so it was really difficult to write in Croatian. It took me two years after I went back to learn everything again in Croatian.

No matter where you come from, if you sing in English, you can cross over to the world.

I enjoy crude behaviour and language. I revel in it.

Crying is a kind of communication, and communication is awesome.

I love commuting between languages just like I love commuting between cultures and cities.

My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.

Really, I was brought up with music as a second language. My mother was extremely encouraging of the sensitivities of my brain. It was this sense of curiosity but never pressure.

The poetical language of an age should be the current language heightened.

I don't curse when I talk. Unless I'm mad.

I don't curse in front of my daughter. Well, sometimes.