Believe Quote by Jacques Derrida

Since at least the Middle Ages, philosophers and philologists have dreamed of curing natural languages of their flaws by constructing entirely new idioms according…

— Joshua Foer

“There are over 10,000 idioms in American English, and some of them have been in use for more than 2,000 years, while others are brand new.”

— Gail Brenner

If what you're writing is genuine, regardless of whether it sounds cliche or people wouldn't necessarily think it's the most brilliant metaphor in the…

— Andy Biersack

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it…

— George Orwell

Avoid theatrical flourishes - the phrases that sound so damned good that they stand up and beg to be recognized as "good writing," and…

— Donald Spoto

I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or…

— Miguel de Cervantes

“When you ask for a “sign”, know that the need for a “sign” to avail itself is already a “sign”.”

— Unathi Magubeni

If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it.

— Earl Wilson

signs are an extremely personal language that we develop throughout our lives, by trial and error, until we begin to understand that God is…

— Paulo Coelho

Written symbols are even more artificial or conventional than spoken; they cannot be picked up in accidental intercourse with others. In addition, the written…

— John Dewey

Fine phrases I value more than bank-notes. I have ear for no other harmony than the harmony of words. To be occasionally quoted is…

— Alexander Smith