Unnecessary Words Quotes

5 quotes by 4 authors

• You learn from music, from watching great athletes at work - how disciplined they are, how they move. You learn these things by watching a… — Ernest Gaines
• Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon. — William Zinsser
• A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and… — William Strunk, Jr.
• It is sometimes necessary to use unnecessary words like thank you and please just to make life prettier. — E L Konigsburg
• Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have… — William Strunk, Jr.

Who Wrote These Unnecessary Words Quotes

4 authors contributed a total of 5 Unnecessary Words Quotes as follows:

• 2 Unnecessary Words Quotes by William Strunk, Jr.
• 1 Unnecessary Words Quote by Ernest Gaines
• 1 Unnecessary Words Quote by William Zinsser
• 1 Unnecessary Words Quote by E L Konigsburg