Quotes by Native Language We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language. Benjamin Lee Whorf native-languagelinesnature How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right. Black Hawk native-languagenative-americanlooks Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly being renewed. Casey Miller native-languageskinsideas An important United Nations environmental conference went past 6:00 in the evening when the interpreters' contracted working conditions said they could leave. They left, abandoning the delegates unable to talk to each other in their native languages. The French head of the committee, who had insisted on speaking only in French throughout the week suddenly demonstrated the ability to speak excellent English with English-speaking delegates. Daniel Yergin native-languageenvironmentalpast Today, getting people to hear your story on social media, and then act on it, requires using a platform’s native language, paying attention to context, understanding the nuances and subtle differences that make each platform unique, and adapting your content to match. Gary Vaynerchuk native-languagemediaunique Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and The Bible; and don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon. George Bernard Shaw pygmalionnative-languagebible A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. George Stigler native-languagecitizenspeople Because I cannot write my native language and have no native home anymore, and am amazed by that horrible homelessness of all French-Canadian s abroad in America. Jack Kerouac native-languagehomewriting I trade both with the living and the dead, for the enrichment of our native language. John Dryden native-languagetradelife As children gath'ring pebbles on the shore. Or if I would delight my private hours With music or with poem, where so soon As in our native language can I find That solace? John Milton native-languagedelightchildren In the UK, most of the nasheeds that I did were in my native language, Urdu. Youngsters who could not understand the language came up to me... [and] said it was a great experience to just listen. That was actually very heart warming for me. Junaid Jamshed urdunative-languageheart It was hard for me to do the show (All-American Girl) because a lot of people didn't even understand the concept of Asian-American. I was on a morning show and the host said, "Awright, Margaret, we're changing over to an ABC affiliate! So why don't you tell our viewers in your native language that we're making that transition?" So I looked at the camera and said, "Um, they're changing over to an ABC affiliate." Margaret Cho native-languagegirlmorning A woman who utters such disgusting and depressing noise has no right to be anywhere, no right to live. Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech, that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and The Bible. Don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon. Rex Harrison pygmalionnative-languagedepressing So, rather than becoming multicultural, rather than becoming a person of several languages, rather than becoming confident in your knowledge of the world, you become just the opposite. You end up in college having to apologize for the fact that you no longer speak your native language. Richard Rodriguez native-languagecollegeopposites We need only look to our Navajo Code Talkers during World War II to see the value that Native languages bring not only to their culture, but to the security of all Americans. Rick Renzi native-languagewarneeds I have a high regard for Native languages and the pivotal role they have played in our nation's history Rick Renzi native-languageregardroles The United States, a land of immigrants from every corner of the world, has been strengthened and unified because its newcomers have historically chosen ultimately to forgo their native language for the English language. We have all benefited from the sharing of ideas, of cultures and beliefs, made possible by a common language. We have all enriched each other. S. I. Hayakawa native-languagelandideas I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language... Apache. Steve Martin native-languagebelievecountry No instance exists of a person's writing two language perfectly. That will always appear to be his native language which was most familiar to him in his youth. Thomas Jefferson native-languagewritingtwo English general and singular terms, identity, quantification, and the whole bag of ontological tricks may be correlated with elements of the native language in any of various mutually incompatible ways, each compatible with all possible linguistic data, and none preferable to another save as favored by a rationalization of the native language that is simple and natural to us. Willard Van Orman Quine native-languagedatasimple
