Against Quote by Gretchen Rubin

If you look at the copies of Churchill's speeches that have survived, they are heavily marked up. He was scrupulous about the impact of…

— Anthony McCarten

People say jargon is a bad thing, but it's really a shortcut vocabulary professionals use to understand one another.

— Erin McKean

It's fortunate that I am a writer, because that has helped me understand the properties of words. They are what have made life complex.…

— Tom Wolfe

I go through the text making sure I haven't used any big words. If I find any fancy adjectives have crept in, I replace…

— Martin Millar

I am starting to get tired of relying on words.

— David Levithan

Better than a long speech is a single quietening word.

— Gautama Buddha

Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk with force.

— Henry Watson Fowler

“use words that fit the context, to learn when to use high-flown language and when to use down-home words, and generally quit putting on…

— Kory Stamper

“If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do. My Princeton colleague Danny Oppenheimer…

— Daniel Kahneman

My writing tends to become very dense, so I have to keep some cushion. Sometimes, words that seem superfluous are actually essential for the…

— Gretchen Rubin

I've always been very wordy; I've got a great vocabulary. In England, they teach you words. Over here, they don't seem to do that…

— Motorhead

Words are humanity's greatest natural resource, but most of us have trouble figuring out how to put them together. Words aren't cheap. They are…

— Katherine Paterson