Quotes About Language

We're so politically correct; we take things so seriously.

I think we go overboard with a lot of those politically correct no-no's.

People never think of themselves as choosing to be politically correct. They simply think in the way that they do.

Everything is politically correct nowadays.

It annoys me when I phone a hotel receptionist in my own country, and they don't understand what I am saying because they don't speak English. I think that's wrong. It's nothing to do with being politically correct or incorrect; it's just not right.

Shakespeare would never have gone far in today's politically correct world.

Being politically correct means saying what's polite rather than what's accurate. I like to be accurate.

Life was easy was back in the days before human resource departments controlled business and someone decided we all should be politically correct.

I don't think we're politically correct when we're private. I don't know what 'politically correct' means.

I should learn the language of a politician - give away as little and keep the rest to yourself. Not lie, I just want to be more guarded.

By failing to read or listen to poets, society dooms itself to inferior modes of articulation: those of the politician, the salesman or the charlatan... In other words, it forfeits its own evolutionary potential.

You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job.

Drug reformers get seduced by politicians who co-opt our language but who make no meaningful change. And when we don't hold politicians accountable, we contribute to harm.

Politicians really worry about being politically correct.

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.

I think pompous accents are inherently funnier.

You may imagine the joy manifested by these poor Africans, when they heard one of their own color address them in a friendly manner, and in a language they could comprehend!

I do sarcasm really poorly.

It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.

Beautiful sentences pop into my head. Beautiful sentences that aren't always absolutely accurate. Then, I have to choose between the beautiful sentence and being absolutely accurate. It can be a difficult choice.

That's a good sign for a movie: When it becomes part of the lexicon and pop culture for an entire generation. I've been in many movies, luckily, that get quoted.

There's a rich history at Westboro of parodying pop culture. The thing about pop culture is that it gives us a shared language. We were constantly trying to co-opt things that were popular to deliver our own message.

Hindi news is much more determinedly populist and lowbrow than the English channels.

I don't know if Rush Limbaugh knows the difference between a screen porch and a screen play.