Ifs Quote by Leslie Jamison

One need hardly dwell on the catastrophic possibility of uttering a bantering remark only to discover it wholly inappropriate

— Kazuo Ishiguro

Banal words function as a feeble phenomena that fall into their own mental bogs of meaning.

— Robert Smithson

We often contradict an opinion for no other reason than that we do not like the tone in which it is expressed.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even…

— Robert Greene

But it is just when opinions universally prevail and we have added lip service to their authority that we become sometimes most keenly conscious…

— Virginia Woolf

“you seem to find everything banal." "it's a new word whose correct use i have only lately learnt,' said josephine with dignity. 'i find…

— Evelyn Waugh Scoop

Banality is sometimes striking.

— Marguerite Duras

When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even…

— Robert Greene

The more words we are allowed to take, the freer we become. If our mouth is banned, then we attempt to assert ourselves through…

— Herta Muller

“We may feel good about our words our intentions and our motivation may be pure but our message probably will be lost or misunderstood…

— Robert E. Fisher

The assumption that rigidly rejecting words and phrases that have existed for centuries will have much impact on public attitudes is rather dubious.

— Kay Redfield Jamison

Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions.

— Ann Radcliffe