Long Word Quotes
- It behooves us to avoid archaisms. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. — William Safire
- I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
- The secret of good writing is to strip every sentence to its cleanest components. Every word that serves no function, every long word that could… — William Zinsser
- Never use a long word where a short one will do. — George Orwell
- That is a long word: forever! — Georg Buchner
- If a word is misspelled in the dictionary, how would we ever know? If Webster wrote the first dictionary, where did he find the words?… — George Carlin
- IF is a very long word in Formula One; in fact, IF is F1 spelled backwards. — Murray Walker
- 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
- His heart; some long word at the heart. He is dying of a long word. — Evelyn Waugh
- Do not put statements in the negative form. And don't start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading… — William Safire
- I like 'pencil-necked weasel'. It has 'pencil' in it. Pencils are good things. You can draw or write things with pencils. I think it's what… — Neil Gaiman