When ideas fail, words come in very handy. -- Johann Wolfgang von GoetheUsing words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef. -- Tom RobbinsDoes anal retentive have a hyphen? -- Seen on a t-shirtIcky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin... -- The Knights who so recently said "Nee!", Monty Python, British comedy television showThere 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. TruesdellUnder certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. -- Mark TwainYou can not apply mathematics as long as words still becloud reality. -- Hermann WeylFor I am a bear of very little brain and long words bother me. -- Winnie the Pooh, character from author A. A. MilneThe limits of my language means the limits of my world. -- Ludwig WittgensteinWhat's another word for "Thesaurus?" -- Steven Wright