Esperanto, the Universal Language/Quotes

Espeerantoo vas a doomb ideea! Everyvan shuoold joost leern Sveedeesh! Bork bork bork!!

—Wisdom from the Swedish Chef

Esperanto looks basically like a cross between Spanish and Martian.

—Bill Bryson

Greek mythology depends far more on the marvellous aesthetic of its language and so of its nomenclature of persons and places and less on its content than people realize, though of course it depends on both. And vice versa. Volapuk, Esperanto, Ido, Novial, &c &c are dead, far deader than ancient unused languages, because their authors never invented any Esperanto legends.

—JRR Tolkien

Rimmer: Holly, as the Esperantinos would say, "Bonvolu alsendi la pordiston? Lausajne estas rano en mia bideo!" And I think we all know what that means.

Holly: Yeah, it means, "Could you send for the hall porter? There appears to be a frog in my bidet."

—Red Dwarf

Vesperruĝo，fluas en ondetoj．
Ĝi estas kiel la kanto，bela·kanto de teliĉo．
Ĉu vi rimarkis birdojn，portanta afableco？
Super la maro flugas，ili flugas kun amo．
Oranĝa ĉielo emocias mian spiriton．
Stelo de l'espero，stelo lumis eterne，

Lumis eterne

—The first verse of Alice's canzone in Aria

Buster: See Babs? I told you music was the universal language!

Babs: And I thought it was Esperanto.

—Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Summer Vacation

I think Esperanto is a legitimate language!

—The Ultimate Spoony, Atop the Fourth Wall

The TV's in Esperanto.

You know that that's a bitch.

—They Might Be Giants, "Alienation's for the Rich"