English language Quote by Karen Hawkins

“If you don’t speak Greek, how do you know if it’s all Greek to you?”

— Jarod Kintz

His scowl returned. "Why, if they're supposed to be Greek, are all of them speaking with an English accent?" She laughed. "Didn't you know…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

“If you ask me if I know how to speak Latin, I’ll say, “No, it’s all Greek to me.”

— Jarod Kintz

“It may be prodigious, but it's all Greek to me!”

— Hergé

“The ancient Greeks believed that when you read aloud, it was actually the dead, borrowing your tongue, in order to speak again.”

— Ruth Ozeki

The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can’t.

— Richard Asher

“Sometimes the teachers would ask her to translate bad news. “Please tell Mrs. Fondulas that her son is very disruptive.” And my mom would…

— Tina Fey

For my part, it was Greek to me.

— William Shakespeare

“Latin, Greek, and English, plus a smattering of Italian and fucking French.” “Fucking French, you say? Well . . .” “Oui,” said I, in perfect fucking French.”

— Christopher Moore

“I was made to learn Latin and Greek, but I resented it, being of opinion that it was silly to learn a language that…

— Bertrand Russell

“But, for my own part, it was Greek to me.”

— William Shakespeare

“You turn the lights on and off here and if you can’t sleep and want something to read there are books in the living…

— Shannon MacLeod