“A whole language, according to UNESCO, disappears on average every two weeks.”

“For according to the outward man, we are in this world, and according to the inward man, we are in the inward world.... Since then we are generated out of both worlds, we speak in two languages, and we must be understood also by two languages.”

“America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.”

“The only problem with politicians taking two week vacations every year is it’s about 50 weeks too short.
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“They invent a howling theatrical language through which it becomes possible to express the grief of the whole world, a language understood by no one but the two of them.”

“According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.”