It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear

Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation.

As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power.

In order to de-Anglicize ourselves, we must at once arrest the decay of the language. We must teach ourselves not to be ashamed of ourselves.

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

Now if we allow our living language to die out, it is almost a certainty that we condemn our literary records to remain in obscurity.