Clearly Quotes
2192 quotes by 1707 authors
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The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does this present life become to him, because he perceives better and sees more…
— Thomas a Kempis
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But one must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world's wealth by climate policy...One has to free oneself from the illusion that international…
— Ottmar Edenhofer
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It is the duty of Israeli leaders to explain to public opinion, clearly and courageously, a certain number of facts that are forgotten with time.…
— Ariel Sharon
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Nuclear terrorism is still often treated as science fiction. I wish it were. But unfortunately we live in a world of excess hazardous materials and…
— Kofi Annan
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We live in the hope and faith that, by the advance of molecular physics, we shall by-and-by be able to see our way as clearly…
— Thomas Huxley
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Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, said that whenever he could not see his way clearly, he knelt down and prayed for light…
— Nathan Eldon Tanner
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The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.
— Anthony Trollope
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In regard to the past, where contemplation is not obscured by desire and the need for action, we see, more clearly than in the lives…
— Bertrand Russell
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When you describe the miserable and unfortunate, and want to make the reader feel pity, try to be somewhat colder - that seems to give…
— Anton Chekhov
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How you handle or mishandle your money tells us who you are and, more important, it tells YOU who you are. Your priorities, passions, goals,…
— Dave Ramsey
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It may be suggested by some books that it is not a sin to kill an animal, but it is written in our own hearts…
— Leo Tolstoy
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I could discern clearly, even at that early age, the essential difference between people who are kind to dogs and people who really love them.
— Frances Power Cobbe
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The framework of the artist's ideas is clearly only that which he is forever seeking for universality, and must be far wider than the framework…
— Sean O Faolain
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There is no satisfactory explanation of style, no infallible guide to good writing, no assurance that a person who thinks clearly will be able to…
— Elwyn Brooks White
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I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing-to be clear. I have given up all thought of…
— Isaac Asimov
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I imagine them very clearly and then attempt to describe what I can see. Sometimes I draw them for my own amusement! (talking about her…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Those who sniff decay in every shift of sense or alteration of usage do the language no service. Too often for such people the notion…
— Bill Bryson
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[A writer] must try to think clearly, to feel deeply, to write honestly. If he is fortunate he will make a living, but his work…
— Lawrence Clark Powell
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Writing is thinking on paper. Anyone who thinks clearly should be able to write clearly-about any subject at all.
— William Zinsser
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Clearly the work of a master teacher who has deep knowledge of his subject and enormous empathy for his students and his readers.
— Betty Edwards
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