Books Quote by H. P. Lovecraft

Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of…

— Joseph Addison

“Adjectives not susceptible to modifiers are: certain, complete, devoid, empty, entire, essential, everlasting, excellent, external, fatal, final, fundamental, harmless, ideal, immaculate, immortal, impossible, incessant,…

— Harold Evans

If you need three adjectives to describe something, then you've probably chosen the wrong something.

— Roger Rosenblatt

“Have you ever noticed how many adjectives you have to describe your intellect?” “Not nearly enough. The dictionary should have more words for expressing…

— Ruby Lionsdrake

“The only thing that words can do with any real precision or accuracy is hang together. Accuracy of description in language is not possible…

— Northrop Frye

For me, good description usually consists of a few well-chosen details that will stand for everything else.

— Stephen King

Multiple descriptions are better than one.

— Gregory Bateson

Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can…

— Raymond Smullyan

“I think I can say without fear of inaccuracy that description is my strong point. Possibly this fact is central to my feeling excluded…

— Quentin S. Crisp

What is required is not a lot words, but effectual ones.

— Seneca the Younger

The human language, as precise as it is with its thousands of words, can still be so wonderfully vague.

— Garth Stein

Usually it is uses of words, not words in themselves, that are properly called vague.

— J. L. Austin