Language Quote by Charles M. Fox

“Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment.”

— Gustave Flaubert

“Speech is a rolling machine that always stretches the feelings it expresses.”

— Gustave Flaubert

“This sentiment was expressed not so much in words and actions as in terrible and articulate sounds”

— Don DeLillo

“Speech is a rolling mill which always stretches out the feelings that go into it.”

— Gustave Flaubert

“Focus your attention on the quality of your words, and not the quantity, because few sensible talks attracts millions of listeners more than a…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“Consider the possibility that many of the things you hear and say are utter nonsense and meaningless repetitions of noise.”

— Bryant McGill

“Words are not important in themselves, but as resonators for a center.”

— Jalaluddin Mevlana Rumi

“clarity is a precious thing, to the degree it can be achieved, if only because it can spare us the effort of needless boring…

— David Bentley Hart

“Words are messy, but sometimes, words are all you've got to show what matters most.”

— Ann Burg

“Each of these passages has faults of its own, but, quite apart from avoidable ugliness, two qualities are common to all of them. The…

— George Orwell

“The repetitions, meaningless expressions, stammers, and nonsensical monosyllables with which we express hesitation, along with the clichés and banalities that constitute so much of…

— Francine Prose

“it has been my experience with literary critics and academics in this country that clarity looks a lot like laziness and ignorance and childishness…

— Kurt Vonnegut