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Saying Quotes by William Zinsser
- Don't hedge your prose with little timidities. Good writing is lean and confident. . . . Every little qualifier whittles away some fraction of the…
- Finding a voice that your readers will enjoy is largely a matter of taste. Saying that isn't much help-taste is a quality so intangible that…
- But nothing has replaced the writer. He or she is still stuck with the same old job of saying something that other people will want…
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- Geologists have a saying - rocks remember. — Neil Armstrong
- Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things. — Matthew Arnold
- Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people. — Mary Kay Ash
- It is vital that there is a narrator figure whom people believe. That's why I never do commercials. If I started saying… — David Attenborough
- We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's what we're… — Margaret Atwood
- I got into trouble a while ago for saying that I thought the internet led to increased literacy - people scolded me… — Margaret Atwood
- Every generation always thinks it was better before, and I think people have been saying this for probably thousands of years. — Paul Auster
- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila
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- The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing. — Roger Babson
- A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times. — Lord Acton