I doubt that national languages will disappear. In fact, to some extent they're becoming more diverse, like in Europe.
Nearly all Italian officers speak French.
[T]hroughout the ages to be educated meant to be unproductive.... our word "school" - and its equivalent in all European languages - derives from a Greek word meaning "leisure.
Nobody speaks German outside of Germany.
European languages must not be considered diamonds displayed under a glass ball, dazzling us with their brilliance.
Most metaphysical words in Hopi are verbs, not nouns as in European languages.
French and German illustrate the misleading character of apparent grammatical simplicity just as well.
I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.
The Language Laboratory at Cambridge is a very good way of finding out about grammar and the vocabulary and that's why I learned to read German and later on I added Spanish, the standard European languages.
English has always had a special fondness for other European languages, a neighborly soft spot - perhaps because Britain has been invaded by speakers of those languages from the onset of its recorded history.
There are Arthurian legends in 14 or 15 medieval European languages. They are the product of no one time or place. On the contrary, in sum they represent a tremendous mine of human understanding, rather as the Bible does.
My parents are European immigrants. And I think as Europeans there are so many languages in close proximity that it's part of the culture to try to learn at least one other language. So my parents really encourage it in the house. Chinese would be really great to learn - like Mandarin or Cantonese. Portuguese would be incredible.
I want to be as though new-born, knowing nothing, absolutely nothing about Europe.
The Swedish language combines the strong manhood of the German with the delicate beauty of the Italian.
I love Europe. I don't speak a lick of French, but I speak a bit of Italian. I can get through Italy better than I get through the rest of Europe.
I want to play in Europe and learn another language. Spain and Italy are options.
We have two hundred languages in Europe. Two hundred languages! Count them! I know you won't!
Don't we forgive everything of a lover? We forgive selfishness, desire, guile. As long as we are the motive for it...There are some European words you can never translate properly into another language.
