157 Movie Quotes about Words (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Mar 23, 2026

Memorable quotes about words, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Sharp's the word and quick's the action.

Quote from 101 Dalmatians (1961)

2 No. No. No. You don't talk now. Okay? You're not good with the putting words together and their coming out good thing. You keep it shh.

Ben Stiller as Alex The Lion in Madagascar

3 Why read words when you can just kill the stuff the words tell you stuff about?

Jonah Hill as Snotlout Jorgenson in How to Train Your Dragon

4 We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punch line.

Jack Nicholson as Col. Nathan Jessup in A Few Good Men

5 You know, kid, these two words will solve all your problems.

Quote from The Lion King (1994)

6 Honey, you just said the magic words.

Pearl Bailey as Big Mama in The Fox and the Hound (1981)

7 But thick as you are, pay attention my words are a matter of pride.

Quote from The Lion King (1994)

8 Now, I used the same words you did, and he ran out on me!

Quote from The Jungle Book (1967)

9 My answer is two words: Okay.

Quote from Hercules

10 Weren't those your exact words?

Quote from Hercules