Quotes About Language

Basically as someone who grew up in Delhi, crooning in southern languages which I don't understand is very difficult.

What I know is the characters in a Southern town. I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long. And I know the neighborhoods, and I hopefully know the people, and I feel a connection to them. And I also feel like I'm honoring them when I talk about them.

I had a Southern accent but I had broken it so hard.

I, on the other hand, have a bit of a southern accent.

I think anything sounds good with a Southern accent.

You can't do Shakespeare with a Southern accent, honey.

When you say, 'Southern,' or you speak about a southern accent, there's always that drawl, and usually from white people. That's what people associate with the South. But we're all different. The black southern accent is different.

I was a Southern California boy raised on rap music and cussed like a sailor.

Southerners pride themselves on being polite. This is why we always use euphemisms to express ourselves.

My accent is... sort of an Edinburgh sort of soft southwest Scottish accent. It could almost be English.

My family fled the Soviet Union when I was three and a half years old. Upon arriving in New York City in 1979, my father worked multiple jobs to support us, all the while learning English at night.

There are remarks that sow and remarks that reap.

If we ever start communicating with living creatures from other planets, the number one priority is, how are you going to communicate information? Even between different cultures here on Earth, you get into communication problems.

It was a very strange time in the late 1950s/early 1960s, when people were putting things in space, but that language of spacecraft hadn't really congealed yet. A lot of artists at that time were looking at them as aesthetic objects.

There's a lot of spaces that care about what kids are buying. There are a lot of spaces that care about what kids are watching. But there aren't a lot of spaces that care about what kids are saying.

I didn't speak much Italian. I did a few courses so I knew a bit before I got there but you have to be there to learn. When I went out for lunch or dinner on my own it was very complicated to order. I spent two months eating the same thing. I always asked for spaghetti carbonara and a fizzy drink. Then I had to diet to lose the weight I gained.

I really enjoy my life in Spain.

After having a career in Spain for eight years, I went back to being anonymous again, having to prove myself to the industry and myself, to prove I was capable of acting in a different language. It was a good challenge, and I can't complain.

I've worked a lot in Europe, particularly Spain, which I like very much.

Two prominent terms, 'Latino' and 'Hispanic,' refer to people living in the United States who have roots in Latin America, Spain, Mexico, South America, or Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries.

What's funny in Italy may not be funny in Spain.

Thoughts can be easily expressed by words but feelings are very hard to express by words.

What's poetry?" I've never heard the word before, but I like the sound of it. It sounds elegant and easy, somehow, like a beautiful woman turning in a long dress.

Love is the universal language.