In the stream “Zeitzitate”, @MaxBex mentioned a wonderful quote from Mark Twain about time. Mark Twain also said many funny (and sarcastic) things about the German language.
Here are some of his quotes:
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"Einige deutsche Wörter sind so lang, dass sie eine Perspektive haben." (“Some German words are so long that they have a perspective.”)
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"Ich ging oft ins Heidelberger Schloss, um mir das Raritätenkabinett anzusehen, und eines Tages überraschte ich den Leiter mit meinem Deutsch, und zwar redete ich ausschließlich in dieser Sprache. Er zeigte großes Interesse; und nachdem ich eine Weile geredet hatte, sagte er, mein Deutsch sei sehr selten, möglicherweise ein »Unikat«; er wolle es in sein Museum aufnehmen." (“I went often to look at the collection of curiosities in Heidelberg Castle, and one day I surprised the keeper of it with my German. I spoke entirely in that language. He was greatly interested; and after I had talked a while he said my German was very rare, possibly a »unique«; and wanted to add it to his museum.”)
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"Wenn der deutsche Schriftsteller in einen Satz taucht, hat man ihn die längste Zeit gesehen; bis er auf der anderen Seite seines Atlantiks wieder hervorkommt mit seinem Verbum im Mund." (“Whenever the literary German dives into a sentence, that is the last you are going to see of him till he emerges on the other side of his Atlantic with his verb in his mouth.”)
What do you think about Mark Twains’ quotes? 
Do you know other quotes about German or about the language you learn?
! And as we say in French: “Qui aime bien châtie bien” which could be translated by “tough love approach” 
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