Cases Quote by Jonathan Meades

“You say 10 things, you say nothing.”

— Chip Heath and Dan Heath

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.

— Antoine Rivarol

Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things.

— Patricia C. Wrede

My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

— Elmore Leonard

1. Find a subject you care about. 2. Do not ramble, though. 3. Keep it simple. 4. Have the guts to cut. 5. Sound…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I say what is required to be said.

— Arundhati Bhattacharya

There are things that can't be said, because it's hard to have to know them.

— Ali Smith

Say all you have to say in the fewest possible words, or your reader will be sure to skip them; and in the plainest…

— John Ruskin

“There are ten parts of speech and they are all troublesome.”

— Mark Twain

It is excellent discipline for an author to feel that he must say all he has to say in the fewest possible words, or…

— John Ruskin

If you develop rules, never have more than ten.

— Donald Rumsfeld

If you want something done, ask. If you want something done quickly, ask, and then begin counting down from ten with no explanation.

— Mahatma Gandhi