“The secret to good writing is to use small words for big ideas, not to use big words for small ideas.” — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
Without big words, how could many people say small things? — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn Copy Share Image
If you use big words, no one will know you aren't doing jack squat. — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
I don't know fancy big words, because I didn't have a rich mother who sent her to fancy schools. — Debbie Reynolds Copy Share Image
“In writing, as in life, its not the big words that are the problem its the little minds that read them.” — rassool jibraeel snyman Copy Share Image
People irritate me when they try to use big words on Twitter and can't spell, define, or read them... — Jerett Parker Copy Share Image
They think so small, they use small words. But not me, I'm smarter than that, I've worked it out. I'm stretching my… — Peter Gabriel Copy Share Image
I don't feel like I have to use big words or theories to get my point across. People are like, "Whoa. That's… — Jhene Aiko Copy Share Image
“When you drink ayahuasca, and you get to see divinity, you can almost never speak of it because it’s too big for… — Gerard Armond Powell Copy Share Image
People laugh at me because I use big words. But if you have big ideas, you have to use big words to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Big words from a guy who's trussed up like a turkey. What are you going to do, wobble over here like an… — Susan Ee Copy Share Image
Remember the mind is your best muscle...BIG ARMS can move rocks, but BIG WORDS can move mountains... Ride the brain train for… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
“Funny things, words. Big words, small words; words that are bigger on the inside and packed tight with feeling. They can make… — Maggie Harcourt Copy Share Image
“Organization. If you want big words to talk to intellectuals with, that's a fine big word, son, just as many syllables as… — Robert Shea Copy Share Image
Politicians that proclaim big words without meaning rule in democracy. At best they allow themselves to discover that it's better to be… — Janusz Korwin-Mikke Copy Share Image
“Believe me, I know what I’m talking about. I’m working class. Revolution or not, the working class will just keep on scraping… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The Alanis Morissette tour, everybody thinks that was all sitting around, lighting candles and talking intelligently about synergy and big words. That… — Taylor Hawkins Copy Share Image
When I need to be precise about a plant, I use its Latin name, even if my nongardening friends sometimes look at… — Allen Lacy Copy Share Image
“I'm working class. But it's the working class that keeps the world running, and it's the working class that gets exploited. What… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I'm not the guy who will sit in a room with somebody who's using a bunch of big words and just act… — Mark Wahlberg Copy Share Image
“Now one rather annoying thing about scholars is that they are always using Big Words that some of us can't understand ...… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
He read a lot. He used a lot of big words. I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
“But I am no Lord of the Hill; these hands pitching fastballs at glass houses are just as dirty as yours are.… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
“Now some people are of the opinion that they are altogether holy and perfect, and go around the place with big deeds… — Meister Eckhart Copy Share Image
“Would you believe I was in the neighborhood?” “No." “Well, how about that I needed to see you.” “Why? Did one of… — Leslie Parrish Copy Share Image
“I’ve seen middle grade books criticized by adult readers for leaving things for the reader to figure out, for not having perfect… — Anne Ursu Copy Share Image
“phone, twisted it out of her hand, and slammed it on the hook. “I cry good, don’t I?” she asked with a… — John Sandford Copy Share Image
The two mistakes that come to mind are people who introduce a flood of characters in the first few pages. Where the… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“He grabs my arm and pulls me into his embrace. I close my eyes and it's perfection. The kiss is needy and… — Tara Brown Copy Share Image
“In our profession, we tend to name things exactly as we see them. Big red stars we call red giants. Small white… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
