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I had one companion. He was a teacher from the Ukraine who spoke English so we could communicate a bit. I learnt a few Russian words, but it was hard to concentrate.

I think somebody who speaks the language is going to notice immediately that I'm not Russian.

It always trips me out that America, the most powerful and magnificent nation in the history of the world, whose might was built by immigrants from all over the world, only speaks one language.

I was friends with Russians who said I should see Russia. I went there in '93 and it was so exciting, and I went to Siberia and had a great time.

I took a Russian class at Notre Dame. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would fly someday in a Russian spacecraft with two cosmonauts, speaking only Russian.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?

Many of the Central Asians know Russian, and Ted Levin speaks it fluently. I speak Chinese, but Mongolian is completely different, so we had to have translators.

People come from around the world and can understand each other without even speaking the same languages!

More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to.