Turgid Quotes

15 quotes by 13 authors

• Prune what is turgid, elevate what is commonplace, arrange what is disorderly, introduce rhythm where the language is harsh, modify where it is too absolute. — Quintilian
• The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms. — James F. Cooper
• My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy — Carol Ann Duffy
• Some have a violent and turgid manner of talking and thinking; they are always in extremes, and pronounce concerning everything in the superlative. — Isaac Watts
• Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask… — Bill Watterson
• Forms of expression always appear turgid to those who do not share the emotions they represent. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
• All was there-the programme of German resurrection, the technique of party propaganda; the plan for combating Marxism; the concept of a National-Socialist State; the rightful… — Winston Churchill
• The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me. — William Shatner
• Rebel children, I urge you, fight the turgid slick of conformity with which they seek to smother your glory. — Russell Brand
• Beyond love, beyond unrequited love, perhaps even beyond any other passion known to humanity, deep, deep in the depths of the turgid, clinging, swamplike pit… — Ben Elton
• I regret that I didn’t realize that actually they’ve got no power over you at school — it’s all just a trick to indoctrinate you… — Russell Brand
• Picture this scene. A critic arrives at the gates of heaven. 'And what did you do?' asks Saint Peter. 'Well', says the dead soul. 'I… — Stephen Fry
• A common defense among obituary-fanciers such as myself is that the obit is not about death at all. It is about life. This is true… — Tom Rachman
• The fact that the talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to… — Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

Who Wrote These Turgid Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 15 Turgid Quotes as follows:

• 2 Turgid Quotes by Russell Brand
• 1 Turgid Quote by Quintilian
• 1 Turgid Quote by James F. Cooper
• 1 Turgid Quote by Carol Ann Duffy
• 1 Turgid Quote by Isaac Watts
• 1 Turgid Quote by Bill Watterson
• 1 Turgid Quote by Gilbert K. Chesterton
• 1 Turgid Quote by Winston Churchill
• 1 Turgid Quote by William Shatner
• 1 Turgid Quote by Ben Elton
• 1 Turgid Quote by Stephen Fry
• 1 Turgid Quote by Tom Rachman
• 1 Turgid Quote by Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.