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- Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
- Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words? — Martin Freeman
- I was just asking Chad [Myers], how can you get a volcano in Iceland? Isn't it too- when you think of a… — Rick Sanchez
- A mass of Latin words falls upon the facts like soft snow, blurring the outline and covering up all the details. The… — George Orwell
- Programme names have been changed, and we have Andrew Neil saying he won't be using long words. — Jonathan Dimbleby
- As someone who sends texts messages more or less non-stop, I enjoy one particular aspect of texting more than anything else: that… — Lynne Truss
- Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk… — Henry Watson Fowler
- The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns,… — George Orwell
- I had forgotten that Jess felt about long words the way that racists feel about black people: she hated them, and wanted… — Nick Hornby
- For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me. — A A Milne
- When we asked Pooh what the opposite of an Introduction was, he said "The what of a what?" which didn't help us… — A A Milne
- There are many other little refinements too, Mr. Bohlen. You'll see them all when you study the plans carefully. For example, there's… — Roald Dahl