Latin Language

Famous quotes containing the words latin and/or language:

“Status quo, you know, that is Latin for “the mess we’re in.””
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)

“The necessity of poetry has to be stated over and over, but only to those who have reason to fear its power, or those who still believe that language is “only words” and that an old language is good enough for our descriptions of the world we are trying to transform.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)