Not everyone who knows how to write can be a writer. Not everyone who knows two languages can be a translator.

As long as human beings speak different languages, the need for translation will continue.

Poetry translation is like playing a piano sonata on a trombone.

In Iraq, interpreters were ten times more likely to be killed than were U.S. troops.

Translation software is not making translators obsolete. Has medical diagnostic software made doctors obsolete?

Of the 193 recognized countries in the world, only politically isolated North Korea is considered monolingual.

To deny access to translation and interpreting services oppresses human rights and violates laws.

Go wherever the narrow way passes. If possible, go wherever there seems to be no way and create a way.

While it did smash, breaking a bottle over someone’s head requires a lot more force than movies had led me to believe.

When I'm interviewing someone, I want to make sure that he thought enough to take care of himself - to dress appropriately and to groom himself properly.

Next time you see an ant, remember: winter is coming! The best time to prepare for tomorrow is today.

I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that.

If the people we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving them. Buildings burn, people die, but real love is forever.

I wanted to create clothes for women in their 40s and 50s and 60s who have careers and are sexy and dont want to look like grandmothers.

Maybe it's not too late to learn how to love and forget how to hate.

I rationalize shop. I buy a dress because I need change for gum.

Liberals need to continue to be politically defeated and hammered day in and day out.