All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggars teeth. – Antonin Artaud Category: Language
The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib. – Robert Burchfield Category: Language
Make it thy business to know thyself, which is the most difficult lesson in the world. Yet from this lesson thou will learn to avoid the frogs foolish ambition of swelling to rival the bigness of the ox. – Miguel de Cervantes Category: Self Respect
Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. – Phyllis Diller Category: Children