Quotes About Language

There's always a better word than a swear word.

I have to remember if I'm at some charitable event where kids are... I try to remember don't swear in front of the kids!

I learned from my father how to swear right and how to string it together for optimum effect/affect. I use it like karate. I bring it out when it's needed.

I can swear like a fishwife.

I swear like a sailor, assuming the sailor in question died in 1800 and was really square.

Jesus is just a word I use to swear with.

My father could swear in Gaelic and English, by the way, ladies and gentlemen.

People say I use foul language. I learnt swear words only from my father and YGP.

It's a sin to swear.

Swear you'd rather die than use 'literally' as an intensifier.

I swear like a trucker when I'm excited.

When I went to Germany, all I knew were German swear words.

Don't be scared of 'said.' Writers sometimes go looking for alternatives because they worry that 'he said' and 'she said' will feel repetitive if they're used all the time, but I swear, they won't.

I say something bad every day, but I like to swear sparingly because it has more impact.

I learned to speak Italian, somewhat. Definitely enough to get around in Italy. My grandfather always used to swear at my grandmother in Italian.

There's an assumption that my audience is all these bearded twats from Dalston. But actually, quite a lot of older people go. For them, it's like pre-alternative comedy, when there was Dave Allen or Jackie Mason or someone. Also, weirdly, because I don't really swear, they're not scared off.

I definitely swear more than I should.

In all my content I don't really swear or use profanity, because I believe comedy can just be pure.

I remember the nuns used to swear quite a lot, so I think maybe it's picking it up from them.

The odd swear word doesn't harm anyone, does it?

I swear too much.

When I need to get into details, I like French. But when I want to do something stronger, English is better. The swear words are stronger in English. And on the court, 'Allez!' is light. 'Come on!' That's strong.

My sister and I thought my grandmother was not very grandmotherly compared to all of the church ladies that we knew. She was making sure we learned all the Korean swear words, just in case we needed them. Now I see what an awesome lady she was.

I think I've got an Irish sensibility for language - I like how people talk. I'm not saying I've got it, but I'm obsessed with the way they use language, like they use a swear word very poetically.