Australian/languages

Famous quotes containing the words australian and/or languages:

“Each Australian is a Ulysses.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)

“The less sophisticated of my forbears avoided foreigners at all costs, for the very good reason that, in their circles, speaking in tongues was commonly a prelude to snake handling. The more tolerant among us regarded foreign languages as a kind of speech impediment that could be overcome by willpower.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)