153 Movie Quotes about Words (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Aug 14, 2025

Memorable quotes about words, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources 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 Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?

Chris Tucker as Detective James Carter in Rush Hour (1998)

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 That is where I left it. That was my last word. The last word. -Yes.

Peter O’Toole as Anton Ego in Ratatouille

6 Honey, you just said the magic words.

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

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

Quote from The Jungle Book (1967)

8 My answer is two words: Okay.

Quote from Hercules

9 Just words. -But good words. That's where ideas begin. Maybe you should listen to them.

Quote from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

10 Hey, take it from me, sonny. For the important things, you don't need words.

Telly Savalas as Lt. Theo Kojak in Kojak