“- Max Fischer: They are going to cancel Latin. They've got to make room for Japanese.
- Rosemary Cross: That's a shame because all the Romance languages are based on Latin.”

Jason Schwartzman - Max Fischer
Olivia Williams - Rosemary Cross

“I do have one bit of advice for you though. Take the time in school to learn a foreign language.”
Luke Wilson - Anthony Adams

“- Aidan McRory: Where did you learn your English?
- Naï-Rea: His Excellency asked the Australian priests to open a school here to teach us languages.
- Aidan McRory: Well, I'm very impressed. What else did they teach you?
- Naï-Rea: To beware of white men.”
Guy Pearce - Aidan McRory
Maï Anh Le - Naï-Rea

“- Aunt Alicia: Did you work hard in school today? What did you study?
- Gigi: History. Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo.
- Aunt Alicia: How depressing. What else?
- Gigi: English.
- Aunt Alicia: English? I suppose we must. They refuse to learn French.”
Isabel Jeans - Aunt Alicia
Leslie Caron - Gigi

“You may not have learned much French today, but I think you have learned a little patience and tolerance and that is the same in every language.”
Bette Davis - Henriette Deluzy-Desportes