Language is present in a piece of work like the sea in a single drop.

Language is the only thing worth knowing even poorly.

Solely in the world of languages is the amateur of value. Well-intentioned sentences full of mistakes can still build bridges between people.

One should connect language learning with either work or leisure. And not at the expense of them but to supplement them.

Aside from mastery in the fine arts, success in learning anything is the result of genuine interest and amount of energy dedicated to it.

He who knows other languages feels even closer to his own language.

I feel such a difference between a philologist/linguist and a linguaphile as, say, a choreographer and a ballerina.

My view is that knowing languages is part of the process of becoming a cultured person.

Knowledge—like a nail—is made load-bearing by being driven in. If it's not driven deep enough, it will break when any weight is put upon it.

Whenever I read statistical reports, I try to imagine my unfortunate contemporary, the Average Person, who, according to these reports, has 0.66 children, 0.032 cars, and 0.046 TVs.

You know all my needs and wants, you know hundreds of small things about me! You also know I am madly falling in love with you, You even know when I am staring at you! You know how much I desire you!

Whoever is godly, loves good.

Unable to suppress love, the Church wanted at least to disinfect it, and it created marriage.

One does not beg for a glass of water from the devil.

There's something about strip malls that just reeks of my childhood.

True freedom is not about being able to do whatever we feel like doing; rather, it is about being able to do what we truly want to do, in spite of what we feel like doing at the moment.

The Gallifreyan balls are my favourite because you can juggle with them!

Spanish football is very good but every year the same teams win the league.

I was the girl who didn’t get invited to parties.

And a government that accepts that it will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words.