“A newt?" "I got better.”

“Sarah: That's not fair!Jareth: You say that so often, I wonder what your basis for comparison is?”

“What really alarms me about President Bush's 'War on Terrorism' is the grammar. How do you wage war on an abstract noun? How is 'Terrorism' going to surrender? It's well known, in philological circles, that it's very hard for abstract nouns to surrender.”

“Short or long to Goblin City?The straight way's shortBut the long way's pretty...”

“Ah! The English language was a wonderful thing! You could always find the right word. He only wished he could speak the language.”

“You've got a million bad drawings in you; you better get started.”

“What’s this here,” he said suspiciously, “about us got to give you faggots?”Oh, we have to have them,” said Newt, “We burn them.”Say what?”We burn them.”The guard’s face broadened into a grin. And they’d told him England was soft. “Right on!” he said”