Awful Quote by Mark Twain

Man, it seemed, had been created to jab the life out of Germans.

— Siegfried Sassoon

In order to pass the time I told him the story of the German who ate the other German whom he’d met on the…

— Michel Houellebecq

“And if Germans do have systematic minds, this is just as likely to be because their exceedingly erratic mother tongue has exhausted their brains'…

— Guy Deutscher

Language was invented to ask questions.

— Eric Hoffer

“He even got caught up in German, because at that time, O Best Beloved, they learned German at secondary schools in the big cities…

— Michèle Audin

It took centuries to form the German order.

— Alexander Lukashenko

The English language was carefully, carefully cobbled together by three blind dudes and a German dictionary

— Dave Kellett

English has been this vacuum cleaner of a language, because of its history meeting up with the Romans and then the Danes, the Vikings…

— David Crystal

Language was invented because of the deep human need to complain.

— Lily Tomlin

For being able to use language was a critical skill that could carry one far. One could use it professionally, as a crafter of…

— Elizabeth George

“And I did not speak German well; I found the language harsh and guttural, my ear simply couldn’t find it pleasing, and so my…

— Melanie Benjamin

There was a strange kind of comfort in misunderstandings and differences that were old enough to have lost their teeth.

— Faith Sullivan