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Quotes About Language

Why are women always described as 'desperate,' while men are just... irrational?
~ Parker Posey
Irrespective of the language and industry, what I seek from a project is good story and role.
~ Aishwarya Rajesh
I love to be a part of movies, irrespective of the cultural and language barriers.
~ Atul Kulkarni
I think I am really irreverent and I pretty much just talk to and about men the way men talk to and about women.
~ Kesha
In Israel, if a person doesn't agree with you, she just says no. In Alabama, someone would say, 'I'll think about it.' We would take that literally. So, if you ask for a favor and someone says they'll think about it, they're really not thinking about it.
~ Odeya Rush
Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed.
~ Zubin Mehta
My style in Italian is very old-style.
~ Andrea Bocelli
I have this thing for anything Italian.
~ Alan Taylor
I'm really bad at pronunciation in Italian.
~ Fab Moretti
I speak African. I can even speak Italian.
~ Frank Bruno
An American may speak love with his lips; the Italian must say it with his eyes.
~ Rudolph Valentino
Not unless I do all these ancient and Italian or French or Baroque in the beginnning, I do German.
~ Victoria de los Angeles
I'm Italian and we curse a lot when we talk.
~ Lea Michele
English dialogue is the best in the world. So dry and direct. The Italian language is beautiful, but it is too literary.
~ Bernardo Bertolucci
I tend to read mostly 20th-century fiction, 20th-, 21st-century fiction in Italian.
~ Jhumpa Lahiri
Italian was my first foreign language. I speak it better than English.
~ Iman
One week after moving to Rome, I started writing in my diary in Italian.
~ Jhumpa Lahiri
I can't speak much Italian. I do go down well over there, but it's frustrating because I can't really speak it. Even if I do talk, they can't understand my accent, but I should try to learn it.
~ Paolo Nutini
I have a few close friends with whom I can practice speaking Italian, but I mostly maintain fluency through reading.
~ Amanda Knox
Italian language and culture are beloved throughout the U.S.A.
~ Margaret Cuomo
I used to speak Italian.
~ Anitta
The Italian Language Foundation will continue to support the growth of AP Italian through its grants to AP students, and its professional development opportunities for teachers of Italian.
~ Margaret Cuomo
I can speak a little Italian.
~ Michael Sorrentino
I always wanted to learn French or Italian growing up. I love the romantic sound of those languages.
~ Riley Stearns