Jargon Quotes

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[M]an has been accustomed, ever since he was a boy, to having a dozen incompatible philosophies dancing about together inside his head. He doesn't think… — C.S. Lewis
Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long word where a… — George Orwell
The academic world was marching toward ever more specialized knowledge, expressed in ever more dense jargon. — Michael Crichton
In the political jargon of those days, the word "intellectual" was an insult. It indicated someone who did not understand life and was cut off… — Milan Kundera
Ectoplasmic plane? What the devil is that? (Simone) Itâ€™s jargon from those of us who are corporeally challenged. Itâ€™s the great beyond where we bounce… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
At a conference of sociologists in America in 1977, love was defined as "the cognitive-affective state characterized by intrusive and obsessive fantasizing concerning reciprocity of… — Bill Bryson
A study in scarlet, eh? Why shouldn't we use a little art jargon? There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of… — Arthur Conan Doyle
My experience with forgiveness is that it sort of comes spontaneously at a certain point and to try to force it it's not really forgiveness.… — Pema Chodron
The General Theory was not truly revolutionary at all but merely old and oft-refuted mercantilist and inflationist fallacies dressed up in shiny new garb, replete… — Murray Rothbard
Creationists have also changed their name ... to intelligent design theorists who study 'irreducible complexity' and the 'abrupt appearance' of life-yet more jargon for 'God… — Michael Shermer
The sheer diversity of literature in the Bible is one of the secrets of its continuing popularity through the centuries. There is something for all… — John Drane
I analyse in my own way, in very simple, no-jargon language. If somebody is talking in very complicated way, I never like that. — Gautam Adani
People who work in specialized fields seem to have their own language. Practitioners develop a shorthand to communicate among themselves. The jargon can almost sound… — Barry Ritholtz
You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage. — Martin H Fischer
There was in Italy a hidden demand for a boring government which would try to tell the truth in non-political jargon. — Mario Monti
Literary criticism can be no more than a reasoned account of the feeling produced upon the critic by the book he is criticizing. Criticism can… — DH Lawrence
One of the strongest prejudices that one has to overcome when one visits Australia is that created by the weird jargon than passes for English… — Unknown Author
In essence, an investment banker resembles a magician; his greatest trick is the disappearance and reappearance of money, an illusion he so aptly executes with… — Unknown Author
I pull a string on the lamp that shit darkens. I'm living in an elegant Moroccan apartment. Proletarian chicks sparking. Convo weak and I don't… — Unknown Author
The town is divided into various groups, which form so many little states, each with its own laws and customs, its jargon and its jokes.… — Unknown Author

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