Quotes About Polyglot

Blood that has soaked into the sands of a beach is all of one color. America stands unique in the world: the only country not founded on race but on a way, an ideal. Not in spite of but because of our polyglot background, we have had all the strength in the world. That is the American way.

Few inhabitants of the subcontinent have ever been monoglot; citizens of India have traditionally spoken three, four, or five tongues.1

and Bengali literature – in sum, 'an awesome polyglot, the

I speak five languages: English, Swedish, French, Italian, and German.

The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself.

I'm pretty good with languages.

polyglot, attempts to draw them into conversation.

In the polyglot Upper Peninsula of Michigan calling a man, say, an Irishman is rarely an effort to demean or stigmatize him

Disease is a speech of the psyche. ...the psyche is a polyglot, for if it converts fear into symptoms it also converts hope.

I speak French, German, English, and Dutch, and I can say a few words in Spanish - none of these languages have anything to do with Valyrian.

Laurie pressa le bouton de sonnette et attendit. Un chat, allongé au soleil, se leva en s'étirant et s'approcha à pas délicats pour inspecter la visiteuse. Sa fourrure ambrée resplendissait dans la lumière vive. – Bonjour, chat ! Parles-tu anglais ? murmura Laurie en le caressant. Le chat ronronna et se frotta contre sa jambe. C'était sans aucun doute un chat polyglotte.

I speak Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, and English.

The captain swore polyglot -very polyglot- polyglot with bloom and blood.

I learned English, French, Italian.

The captain swore polyglot, very polyglot, polyglot with bloom and blood, but he could do nothing.

I speak German, Turkish and English perfectly. And I can communicate in Russian.

I speak some French, Spanish, a little German and Gaelic.

I speak fluent Spanish. I also speak Italian and I was once pretty decent at German.

I actually speak fluent English and Spanish and... I dabble in a couple of languages, but I'm not fluent in German, Russian and Arabic.

He spoke nine languages. You know some people can just pick up an instrument and play. My father was like that with languages.

I have done many films and spoke different languages.

Latin, Greek, and English, plus a smattering of Italian and fucking French." "Fucking French, you say? Well . . ." "Oui," said I, in perfect fucking French.

Today, whether we are doing algebra or playing with the computer, we are, in effect, benefitting from some inheritance of the quest for a perfect language. For a Polyglot Federation

I have a weird obsession with people who can speak multiple languages. I'd love to be able to do that.