Natural Languages

Famous quotes containing the words natural and/or languages:

    It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so that, for want of true objects, they must attach themselves to false.
    Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

    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)