Dignity Quote by Henry Watson Fowler

Good words do not last long unless they amount to something.

— Anonymous

Short words but has big meaning is much better than lots words with no sense at all.

— Mitch Alapan

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

Kind words are short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

— Mother Teresa

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

— Mother Teresa

Long human words (the longer the better) were easy, unmistakable, and rarely changed their meanings . . . but short words were slippery, unpredictable,…

— Robert A. Heinlein

They write them long because they can't write them short.

— Raymond Chandler

I've never been short of words. I think my mum will tell you that. I think I've known that since primary school.

— Edith Bowman

Never use a long word where a short one will do.

— George Orwell

“Why use long words when short ones will do? Not all readers have been to college or university.”

— Ken Scott

For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me.

— Anonymous

It's so easy to use tired, shopworn figures of speech. I love using long, fancy words but have learned - mostly from writing my…

— Gretchen Rubin