The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words. — George Eliot
But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. — George Orwell
What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same, and what they say is never the same. — Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
I wonder what language truck drivers are using, now that everyone is using theirs? — Beryl Pfizer