And you know sometimes words have two meanings.

led zepplin, "stairway to heaven"

When I use a word, "Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone," it means just what I choose it to mean--neither more nor less."

"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things. ... "

"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone.

"When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."

lewis carroll, "through the looking glass"

What is the user of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?"

lewis carroll, "alice in wonderland"

We'll plug along on it for two or three years, and maybe we'll get something permanent--and probably we'll fail!

sinclair lewis, "arrowsmith"

English is useful because it's a mess.

Larry Wall, linguist and creator of Perl