Absence Quote by Andre Maurois

Erudition without pedantry is as a rare as wisdom itself.

— George Sarton

I hate ideologies of all kinds, so I avoid jargon. I've done enough philosophy to know that some specialized terms are really needed. I…

— William H. Gass

“If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do. My Princeton colleague Danny Oppenheimer…

— Daniel Kahneman

“If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!" (William Strunk) ... Why compound ignorance with inaudibility?”

— E.B. White

People say jargon is a bad thing, but it's really a shortcut vocabulary professionals use to understand one another.

— Erin McKean

It's so easy to use tired, shopworn figures of speech. I love using long, fancy words but have learned - mostly from writing my…

— Gretchen Rubin

Never use jargon words like 'reconceptualize', 'demassification', 'attitudinally', 'judgmentally'. They are hallmarks of a pretentious ass.

— David Ogilvy

“I remember a day in class when he leaned forward, in his characteristic pose - the pose of a man about to impart a…

— E.B. White

For the individual, as I can testify, a brief grounding in semantics, besides making philosophy unreadable, makes unreadable most political speeches, classical economic theory,…

— Stuart Chase

Sometimes when you're listening to a neuroscientist, they have a tendency to use a particular type of jargon that works in their world perfectly…

— Pharrell Williams

Words used carelessly, as if they did not matter in any serious way, often allowed otherwise well-guarded truths to seep through.

— Douglas Adams

If we are understood, more words are unnecessary; if we are not likely to be understood, they are useless.

— Charles II of England