Bob Greene Quotes

I had a quick ear and could pick up languages.

I was very adept at acquiring languages.

I'm pretty good with languages.

Fluency in even one other language would be fantastic.

I pick up languages fast.

I've been working in three-four languages. I'm happy to do it.

I am fluent in Spanish and I understand French, Italian and Portuguese.

I've studied Chinese in college, but basically, I'm not bilingual.

I don't speak Spanish, I speak a little of Italian but no Spanish.

I grew up speaking Spanish and English. My mother can speak Spanish, English, French and Italian, and she's pretty good at faking Portuguese. I wish that I spoke more languages than I do.

I don't speak Filipino or Spanish, but I've sung in both.

We need a president who's fluent in at least one language.

I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both worlds.

I speak a little Spanish but I am so impressed by people who can speak a lot of different languages.

Obviously no language is innate. Take any kid from any race, bring them up in any culture and they will learn the language equally quickly. So no particular language is in the genes. But what might be in the genes is the ability to acquire language.

I speak English and Spanish. I write in Spanish; my books are published in English.

French is a foreign language, but I've been speaking it since I was 18 so it's second nature to me.

I have a good ear for languages.

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.

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.

Man is multiplied by the number of languages he possesses and speaks.

All the kids are learning different languages. I asked them what languages they wanted to learn, and Shi is learning Khmai, which is a Cambodian language; Pax is focusing on Vietnamese, Mad has taken to German and Russian, Z is speaking French, Vivienne really wanted to learn Arabic, and Knox is learning sign language.

I can read and write in Hindi.

It is not easy, but young people have to learn languages.

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