Never Use Quotes
137 quotes by 113 authors
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Physicist is both to my mouth and ears so awkward that I think I shall never use it. The equivalent of three separate sounds of…
— Michael Faraday
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I never use the word, it's loaded. What love means to me is need.
— John Cale
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Never use the phrase: 'buy my book' - ever.
— Heather Hart
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We should never use the truth to wound.
— Saint Augustine
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I never use a computer.
— Andrew Wiles
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. . . So I vowed to keep myself alive, but only if I would never use me again for just me - each one…
— R. Buckminster Fuller
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I shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes.
— Mark Twain
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You got one life, never use it just to breathe.
— Kristen Ashley
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Never use a long word where a short one will do.
— George Orwell
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Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.
— George Orwell
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Never use the words 'suddenly' or 'all hell broke loose.'
— Elmore Leonard
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I never use a napkin on my lap at a restaurant...because I believe in myself.
— Hannibal Buress
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Never use two words when one will do.
— Thomas Jefferson
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Never use 'submit' as a verb for sending work to magazine or book publishers; say 'offer,' and never, ever submit. Keep your knees unbent. Be…
— Frederick Busch
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The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of the class which that term denotes; the ignorance of more remote ages,…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue... I once noticed Mary McCarthy ending a line of dialogue with "she asseverated" and had…
— Elmore Leonard
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If you criticize others' ideas, they will almost never use yours no matter how good they are.
— Garrison Wynn
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Never use prayer as an excuse to procrastinate doing what you already know is the right thing to do.
— Rick Warren
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I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is…
— Anne Stevenson
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If you have a recital to do, you have to memorize the songs. I never use music when I do recitals. It produces an instant…
— Bryn Terfel
Who Wrote These Never Use Quotes
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