When man was determined to destroy himself he picked the was of shall and finding only why smashed it into because.
E. E. Cummings
Source: When God Decided to Invent
Contributed by: bajarbattu
First they came for the verbs, and I said nothing because verbing weirds language. Then they arrival for the nouns, and I speech nothing because I no verbs.
Nancy Lebovitz
Source: Calligraphic Button Catalogue @ nancybuttons.com
Contributed by: CajunGypsy
It's not the verbing that weirds language; it's the renounification.
Source: Original button slogan, found at nancybuttons.com