Jargon Quotes

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Well, Page, I do wish the Devil had old Cooke, for I am sure I never was so tired of an old dull scoundrel in… — Thomas Jefferson
I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books. — Jean Rostand
In the old days, words like sin and Satan had a moral certitude. Today, they're replaced with self-help jargon, words like dysfunction and antisocial behavior,… — Don Henley
This is revolution in reaction, as well as in radicalism, and Toryism speaking a jargon of law and order may often be a graver menace… — Frank I. Cobb
In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in… — Thomas Jefferson
The attempt of Lavoisier to reform chemical nomenclature is premature. One single experiment may destroy the whole filiation of his terms; and his string of… — Thomas Jefferson
Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon. — William Zinsser
Hume develops his arguments by a series of models. He doesn't call them models in the pretentious way in which we envelope, very often, pure… — Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins
Ours is the age of substitutes: Instead of language we have jargon; instead of principles, slogans; and instead of genuine ideas, bright suggestions. — Eric Bentley
In fast-moving, progress-conscious America, the consumer expects to be dizzied by progress. If he could completely understand advertising jargon he would be badly disappointed. The… — Daniel J. Boorstin
Jargon marks the place where thinking has been. It becomes a kind of macro, to use a computer term: a way of storing a complicated… — Marjorie Garber
The machine code of the genes is uncannily computer-like. Apart from differences in jargon, the pages of a molecular biology journal might be interchanged with… — Richard Dawkins
For one man who can introduce another to Jesus Christ by the way he lives and by the atmosphere of his life, there are a… — Oswald Chambers
Audiences forget facts, but they remember stories. Once you get past the jargon, the corporate world is an endless source of fascinating stories. — Ian P. Griffin
We discovered that in connection with these figures the German national simpletons and money-grubbers of the Frankfurt parliamentary swamp always counted as Germans the Polish… — Friedrich Engels
I mean, when you think about it, it's 'bombs bursting in air,' 'rocket's red glare,' it's all kinds of - you know a lot of… — Bill Press
Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession. — Kingman Brewster, Jr.
Hidden behind the facade of pompous jargon and noble affections, there is more sheer larceny per square foot on the floor of the New York… — Richard Ney
Noise is the typographical error and the poorly designed page...Ambiguity is noise. Redundancy is noise. Misuse of words is noise. Vagueness is noise. Jargon is… — William Zinsser
In a dynamical system, or a massively complex dynamical system such as we live in, when there is a moment of bifurcation, which is the… — Ralph Abraham

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