Age Quote by Eric Bentley

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas.

— Eric Bentley

We live in an age in which superfluous ideas abound and essential ideas are lacking.

— Joseph Joubert

Many great ideas need refreshment and deeper analysis. "Freedom," for example, is a great idea but it has become a cliché.

— Philip Kotler

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

— Edsger Dijkstra

One of the things that slightly annoys me in business is that we use words like innovation. Young people often think innovation is about…

— Peter Jones

“Let us have a language worthy of our world, a democratic style where rich and well-born nouns can roister with some sluttish verb yet…

— William Gass

As any custom is disused, the words that expressed it must perish with it; as any opinion grows popular, it will innovate speech in…

— Samuel Johnson

We have already grown beyond whatever we have words for

— Superman

“Technology has also rapidly invaded our language. Every year the Oxford English Dictionary adds new words that it feels deserve to be part of…

— Adam Gazzaley

We should constantly use the most common, little, easy words which our language affords.

— John Wesley

If you've got a company that has a mentality inside that is filled with searching for a better idea every day, not just as…

— Jack Welch

What mankind needs today is liberation from the rule of nonsensical slogans and a return to sound reasoning.

— Ludwig von Mises