language
n. The source of misunderstandings.
n. The music with which we charm the serpents guarding another's treasure.
Cynical Quotations
The Romans would never have found time to conquer the world if they had been obliged first to learn Latin.
— Heinrich Heine
If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
— Doug Larson
England and America are two countries separated by the same language.
— George Bernard Shaw
God burdened man with multiple languages to slow our progress, for only God knows how really ^%((* dangerous we are.
— Guy Smith
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
— Lily Tomlin
The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.
— Lewis Thomas