Never Use Quotes
137 quotes by 113 authors
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When referring to an individual, including yourself, never use the word 'just'.
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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I never use the words HUMANIST or HUMANITARIAN, as it seems to me that to be human is to be capable of the most heinous…
— Gregory Maguire
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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
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This was something she would keep hidden within herself, maybe in place of the knot of pain and anger she had been carrying under her…
— Jodi Picoult
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It seems better to me for a child to have these skills and never use them, than not have them and one day need them,"…
— Kristin Cashore
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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
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But keeping secrets is a discipline. I never use to think of myself as a good liar, but after having had some practice I had…
— Lionel Shriver
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Then she opened her eyes, Veronika did not think 'this must be heaven'. Heaven would never use a fluorescent tube to light a room, and…
— Paulo Coelho
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Never use the word “cheapâ€. Today everybody can look chic in inexpensive clothes (the rich buy them too). There is good clothing design on every…
— Karl Lagerfeld
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The Doctor: This is bad, I don't like this. [kicks console and yells in pain] Never use force, you just embarrass yourself. Unless you're cross,…
— Steven Moffat
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Never use abstract nouns when concrete ones will do. If you mean “More people died†don’t say “Mortality rose.
— C.S. Lewis
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One should never use exclamation points in writing. It is like laughing at your own joke.
— Mark Twain
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I have always been impressed by the fact that there are a surprising number of individuals who never use their minds if they can avoid…
— Carl Jung
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Never use five words if you can get away with one, eh? I've known dead men talk more than you do.
— Neil Gaiman
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I have one request: may I never use my reason against truth.
— Elie Wiesel
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In my life there is an infinite supply of love, it is in exhaustible, I can never use it all in this lifetime so I…
— Louise Hay
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I drive a Prius. I always turn my faucets off. I never use plastic bottles anymore. I use glass bottles. I bring my own bags…
— Brooke D'Orsay
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Business is a very beautiful mechanism to solve problems, but we never use it for that purpose. We only use it to make money. It…
— Muhammad Yunus
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The Holy Spirit can be with you always and guide you back to Him, but in order to enjoy the benefits of this holy gift,…
— Margaret D. Nadauld
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I never use nature as a starting point. I never abstract from nature; I never consciously think of nature when I paint.
— Adolph Gottlieb
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