Best International Language Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“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.”

Should Form Spirit Language Practice Pressure International Practicals Analysis Logical Adoption International Language

Book:Culture, Language, and Personality: Selected Essays

Source: Culture, Language, and Personality: Selected Essays

“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.”

Spirit Language Common Concerned International Vocabulary Proposal Procedures International Language

Book:General Linguistics

Source: General Linguistics

“My advice to all who have the time or inclination to concern themselves with the international language movement would be: 'Back Esperanto loyally.'”

Would Be Language Advice Movement Concern International Inclination International Language Esperanto

Author:J. R. R. Tolkien

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

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

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

Feelings Language Music Is International Eloquent Mcdonalds Coca Cola International Language

Author:Paul Horn

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

Feels Language Music Is Sorry International Swear International Language Swear Word

Author:Billy Connolly

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

Writing Kind Language Born Beauty Special Communication Foreign Language Language Learning Learning Language Culture And Language Native Language Language Culture International Language

Author:Gaston Bachelard

“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.”

“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.”

Facts Language Common Sacrifice Creation Demand Argument Tradition International Favour Nationality International Language

Book:Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality

Source: Selected Writings of Edward Sapir in Language, Culture and Personality

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

World Mean Wisdom Language Learning Communication Limits Philosophical Language Words Language And Communication Languages Communication Power Of Language Language And Power International Language

Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein

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

People House Language Genius Smart International Glasses Latin Smart People Shane Morganville Vampires Glass Houses International Language

Book:Glass Houses: The Morganville Vampires

Source: Glass Houses: The Morganville Vampires

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

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

Culture Language Generations Crosses International Boundaries Bridges International Language

Book:Astro Boy Omnibus

Source: Astro Boy Omnibus

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

People Inspiration Culture Language Learning Maps English Language Learners Foreign Language Language Learning Road Maps Inspirational Learning Learning Language Culture And Language Language Culture Learning English International Language Foreign Culture

Book:Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual

Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual

“Let your memory be your travel bag.”

“Art is an international language, understood by all.”

Art Language Understood Art Is International International Language

Author:Igor Babailov

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

Should Language Simple Creative Rich Standards International Logical International Language

Book:General Linguistics

Source: General Linguistics

“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.”

Long Problem Spirit Certain Language Religious Involved Long Time International Latin Implications Nationalistic International Language

Book:General Linguistics

Source: General Linguistics

“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.”

Language International Accepted Secure Latin Diplomacy International Language

Book:Culture, Language and Personality

Source: Culture, Language and Personality

“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.”

Wells May Language Effort Groups Example Prove Majors International Minorities Assets Minority Groups International Language

Author:David Graddol

“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.”

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

Speak Language Force Sports Emotion Rocks International Rock N Roll Dominant International Language

Author:Phil Knight

“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.”

Years Book Facts Language Century Periods Holy Hundred India Islam Seven International Officials Islamic Empires Spain Stretching Holy Books International Language

Author:Jim Al-Khalili

“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.”

Heart Courses Language International Dear Crowds Locals Hopeless International Language

Book:General Linguistics

Source: General Linguistics

“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.”

People I Can Together Language Differences Communication Music Is International Making A Difference International Language

Author:Marvin Hamlisch

“Image is an international language.”

Language International International Language

Author:Marjane Satrapi

“The only international language in the world is a child's cry.”

World Children Language Cry International International Language

Author:Eglantyne Jebb

“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.”

Humans Real Country Stories Able Language Decision Animal International Convince Decision Making Good Decision Success Stories Real Success Human Health International Language

Author:Mike Johanns