10 Eddie Izzard Quotes on Language

Eddie Izzard quotes on language

10. 'Yes, I like my coffee hot and strong : Like I like my women: hot and ..strong : with a spoon in them.'

12. This bloke who pinned a note on a door, saying 'Hang on a minute!' But in German, so: 'Ein minuten bitte! Ich habe eine kleinen problemo avec diese religiones.' [pause] He was from everywhere.

13. 'Two languages in one head? No one can live at that speed! Good Lord man, you're asking the impossible!' 'But, the Dutch speak four languages and smoke marijuana!' 'Well : yes, but they're cheating! Everyone knows that marijuana is a drug enhancement that helps you on track and field to come last in a team of eight million : eight million other runners who are all dead.'

22. Mais, la souris est en dessous la table, le chat est sur la chaise et le singe est : est : le singe est disparu!

30. The European Union: five hundred million people, two hundred languages - no one's got a clue what they're saying to each other!

45. 'Danger' could be my middle name : but it's 'John'.

59. Armageddon is Australian for 'Armageddon outta here!'

67. Religion and philosophy, philosophy and religion - they're two words which are both : different. In spelling.

69. She said, 'Spell 'ant'', and I wrote out the entire alphabet. She said, 'That doesn't spell 'ant'', and I said, 'It's in there somewhere! There's the 'A', there's the 'N', there's the 'T' - the rest are silent!'

92. These are not implants, they're nice and squidgy, but they're not... they're ims, but they're not planted. They're just ims. Just your regular common or house garden ims.