The Quotes presentation was made under the project "Language learning and teaching in Estonia, Finland and Italy: how to make use of cultural similarities and differences in classroom and in learning through culture" 2012-1-EE1-GRU06-03623-2

1. Quotes
Quotes
about
language,
culture and
history

2. Quotes
History
is more
interesting
than politics.
Lennart Meri-
Estonian president
History is not a
nightmare from which
I am trying to awaken,
but rather, a glorious
tale which I wish to be
cast in.
― Pietros Maneos

3. Quotes
Our language is the
reflection of ourselves.
A language is an exact
reflection of the
character and growth
of its speakers.
Cesar Chavez
Back in Mozart's time
it was very common to
perform operas in all
sorts of languages. His
native tongue was
German. The most
common language to see
opera in was Italian.

4. Quotes
Talk to people in their
own language. If you
do it well, they'll say,
'God, he said exactly
what I was thinking.'
And when they begin
to respect you, they'll
follow you to the
death.
Lee Iacocca –
American businessman
There are
hundreds of
languages in the
world, but a
smile speaks
them all.

5. Quotes
Change your
language and you
change your
thoughts.
Karl Albrecht- German
entrepreneur
I hope one day
when I say I'm
from Estonia,
people don't say:
'What? Where's
that?
Carmen Kass

6. Quotes
History is a gallery
of pictures in which
there are few
originals and many
copies.
Alexis de Tocqueville.
I don't think culture is
something you can
describe.
Bill Gates

7. Quotes
Music happens to
be an art form
that transcends
language.
Herbie Hancock
Learning a foreign
language, and the culture
that goes with it, is one of
the most useful things we
can do to broaden the
empathy and imaginative
sympathy and cultural
outlook of children.
Michael Gove