Subject: Communication » Language (Page 2)

So what if I can’t spell Armaggedon? … it’s not the end of the world.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

2-in-1 is a stupid term, because 1 is not big enough to hold 2; that's why 2 was created.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian

To see him fumbling with our rich and delicate English is like seeing a Sevres vase in the hands of a chimpanzee.

(1903 – 1966) English writer

You can say ‘Thanks,’ and you can say ‘Thanks a Million’ – but any number in between? … uhuh.

(1973 – ) American comedian

As Doris Day used to sing Que Seroo Seroo.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

Latin Course To Be Canceled – No Interest Among Students, et al.

My boss told me to get my butt in gear… I told him I was shiftless.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comic

My teacher used to say I wasn't very observant… to be honest, that was her opinion.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them.

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician

And always remember the last words of my grandfather, who said, “A truck!”

(1956 – ) American comedian

In my youth there were words you couldn’t say in front of a girl; now you can’t say ‘girl.'

(1928 – ) humorist, singer, songwriter & satirist

Our language is funny – a fat chance and slim chance are the same thing.

A man who calls bullshit fertilizer.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor

Women should be obscene and not heard.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Murder is a crime – describing murder is not; sex is not a crime – describing sex is.

(1917 – 1999) American sexologist

Is "tired old cliche" one?


Status quo, you know, that is Latin for the mess we’re in.

(1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. president & actor

Where would I be without my sense of direction.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

Mausoleum: The final and funniest folly of the rich.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist