Average Quote by Bertrand Russell

It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not.

— Ben Jonson

Correctitude implies nowadays a formal or fastidious use of words; and what is wanted is not so much the correct as the living use…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Be precise in the use of words and expect precision from others

— Peter Abelard

So in writing, there is always a right word, and every other than that is wrong. There is no beauty in words except in…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

'Correct' is a song and an exercise for me where I've been able to reclaim who I am and the good that I've done…

— MNEK

When you hear something that's not correct, it really starts to irk someone.

— May Pang

While most peoples' opinions change, the conviction of their correctness never does

— Anonymous

For correct writing, the cultivation of patience and mental accuracy is essential. Throughout the young author's period of apprenticeship, he must keep reliable dictionaries…

— H. P. Lovecraft

There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence.

— Charles Caleb Colton

When I hear something going wrong, I insist on it being put right.

— Rupert Murdoch

Few faults of style, whether real or imaginary, excite the malignity of a more numerous class of readers, than the use of hard words.

— Samuel Johnson

Properly conducted scientific studies . . . give us a pretty good idea of when something is likely to be correct. To me, pretty…

— Robert A. Burton