27 Best Language Quotes

I like good strong words that mean something.

The best way to learn English? Argue with umpires. – Roberto Clemente

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. – Offred

It's like the N word and the C word had a baby and it was raised by all the bad words for Jews. – Morty

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. – Party Slogan

Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought?

Words can be like X-rays, if you use them properly—they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced. – Mustapha Mond

Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs. – Nelson Mandela

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. – Inigo Montoya

Speak English! I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and I don't believe you do either! – The Red Queen

Why, you might just as well say that 'I see what I eat' is the same thing as 'I eat what I see'! – The Mad Hatter

Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe. – Jabberwocky

I am looking for a pussy. Not a cat. – Borat

The two yutes. – Vinny Gambini

I'm sorry, the two youths. – Vinny Gambini

Did you say yutes? – Judge Chamberlain Haller

No, the two defendants. – Vinny Gambini

Dead-on-balls accurate? – Mona Lisa Vito

I know you can be overwhelmed, and you can be underwhelmed, but can you ever just be whelmed? – Chastity

Cellar door. – Donnie Darko

This famous linguist once said that of all the phrases in the English language, of all the endless combinations of words in all of history, that cellar door is the most beautiful. – Donnie Darko

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country. – Theodore Roosevelt

The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms. – Socrates

I think about the rhythm of the words. – Quentin Tarantino

I think that cinema is a language, and it can say things that are very complex. – Francis Ford Coppola

The world isn't simple enough to explain in words. – Hayao Miyazaki

Cinema is a language, and I try to use that language to create an immersive experience. – Denis Villeneuve