Wording Quotes

24 quotes by 23 authors

The IPCC 'policy summaries,' written by a small group of their political operatives, frequently contradict the work of the scientists that prepare the scientific assessments.… — Peter Friedman
Look for all fancy wordings and get rid of themAvoid all terms and expressions, old or new, that embody affectation. — Jacques Barzun
On vague wording of drone strike criteria: â€œAre you going to just drop a hellfire missile on Jane Fonda? Are you going to drop a… — Rand Paul
Of course, the truth is that the congresspersons are too busy raising campaign money to read the laws they pass. The laws are written by… — Dave Barry
I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I've tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant… — Nicholas D. Kristof
Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. — Linda Chavez
At least three time per day at scheduled times, he had to ask himself the following question: Am I being productive or just active? Charney… — Tim Ferriss
At bottom, textual criticism for virtually all other ancient literature relies on creative conjectures, or imaginative guesses, at reconstructing the wording of the original. Not… — Daniel B. Wallace
I enjoy wording. Words for me are tangible bodies, visible sirens, incarnate sensualities. — Fernando Pessoa
Muddy language is not confined to policies alone. Each of you has seen replies to simple questions in which the meaning was lost through hopelessly… — Omar N. Bradley
Gospel songs to me are about the mansion in the sky, and washed in the blood of Christ's crimson blood, songs that are filled with… — Larry Norman
Reframing an extract as a quotation constitutes a kind of coauthorship. With no change in wording, the cited passage becomes different. I imagine that the… — Gary Saul Morson
Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and… — John Keats
It's very interesting, the joke comes first and then the wording comes within five seconds, maybe ten seconds. My thing is to get the joke… — Steven Wright
The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man… — Frank Herbert
...there is a celebrated aphorism insisting that the best way to live is to 'work like you don't need the money, dance like nobody is… — Gina Barreca
Traditionally, wake-up calls are meant to wake you up rather than send you to sleep: the clue is in the wording. But those who talk… — Craig Brown
Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance. — John Keats
Construction waste is a major source of pollution in the city, the backward handling way of it for a long time has led to the… — Oliva
O people, you should know that he who is upset because of a false wording that is said about him is not intelligent, and whoever… — Zahid Abas

Who Wrote These Wording Quotes

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