English is the great Wurlitzer of language, the most perfect all-purpose instrument ever invented.

As quoted in: The Word Circus: A Letter-perfect Book (Merriam-Webster, 1998) by Richard Lederer, p. 3. Also in: The Miracle of Language (Pocket Books, 1992) by the same author: Writer Michael Arlen calls English "the great Wurlitzer of language, the most perfect all-purpose instrument"