I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words? — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
It behooves us to avoid archaisms. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. — William Safire Copy Share Image
“She feared long words she did not understand. Beelzebub lay hid among too many syllables.” — Algernon Blackwood Copy Share Image
“When speaking to a Bear of Very Little Brain, remember that long words may bother him.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I was little, seven or eight years old, in third and fourth grade, I would always try to use long words… — E-40 Copy Share Image
“Guess what hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia means? Fear of long words. Isn't that the coolest?" - Kevin McGill in Madhattan Mystery” — John J. Bonk Copy Share Image
Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk… — Henry Watson Fowler Copy Share Image
“Why use long words when short ones will do? Not all readers have been to college or university.” — Ken Scott Copy Share Image
You could do a 'Les Mis'-type musical about Hamilton, but it would have to be 12 hours long, because the amount of… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
The long words are not the hard words, it is the short words that are hard. There is much more metaphysical subtlety… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“One of the really bad things you can do to your writing is to dress up the vocabulary, looking for long words… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Bittarcy rustled ominously, holding her peace meanwhile. She feared long words she did not understand. Beelzebub lay hid among too many… — Algernon Blackwood Copy Share Image
There's this moment sometimes, when you do a crossword puzzle and you have the one really long word. And once you get… — Craig Finn Copy Share Image
I was just asking Chad [Myers], how can you get a volcano in Iceland? Isn't it too- when you think of a… — Rick Sanchez Copy Share Image
“As is usual with the ignorant, long words had the fascination for both girls that obstacles on the road have for a… — Dorothy Whipple Copy Share Image
If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know? If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“...I'm worried I will leave grad school and no longer be able to speak English. I know this woman in grad school,… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
“It is a long journey, not just as a writer, but as a human being. Take nothing and no one for granted,… — CK Webb Copy Share Image
There are some simple maxims which I think might be commended to writers of expository prose. First: never use a long word… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
One of the really bad things you can do to your writing is to dress up the vocabulary, looking for long words… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Put your vocabulary on the top shelf of your toolbox, and don't make any conscious effort to improve it... One of the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I've been looking so long at these pictures of you That I almost believe that they're real I've been living so long… — Boris Williams Copy Share Image
“Why are there such long words in the world, Miss?’ enquires Sophie, when the mineralogy lesson is over. ‘One long difficult word… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
Speak English! I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and I don't believe you do either! -Eaglet — Alice In Wonderland Copy Share Image
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns,… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
As long as the words in your mouth, it is your own; when they are once spoken, they are anothers. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Long words, fat talk they may tell us something about ourselves. Has the passion for fat in the language increased as self-confidence… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
There are science teachers who actually claim that they teach "a healthy skepticism." They do not. They teach a profound gullibility, and… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outline and covering up all the details. The… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
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