—— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

　　Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef.

　　—— Tom Robbins

　　Does anal retentive have a hyphen？

　　—— Seen on a t-shirt

　　Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin……

　　—— The Knights who so recently said “Nee！”， Monty Python， British comedy television show

　　There is nothing that can be said by mathematical symbols and relations which cannot also be said by words. The converse， however， is false. Much that can be and is said by words cannot successfully be put into equations， because it is nonsense.

　　—— C. Truesdell

　　Under certain circumstances， profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

　　—— Mark Twain

　　You can not apply mathematics as long as words still becloud reality.

　　—— Hermann Weyl

　　For I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me.

　　—— Winnie the Pooh， character from author A. A. Milne

　　The limits of my language means the limits of my world.

　　—— Ludwig Wittgenstein

　　What's another word for “Thesaurus？”

　　—— Steven Wright