Autobiography Quote by Logan Pearsall Smith

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

There are few things more wearisome in a fairly fatiguing life than the monotonous repetition of a phrase which catches and holds the public…

— Agnes Repplier

Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.

— Thomas Aquinas

Words in the mind are like colors on the palette of the artist. The more colors we have access to, the easier it is…

— Jim Rohn

To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into…

— Mark Twain

Mere words will not do. They must convey the color, charm, and pulse of life. They must have a private twinkle of wit in…

— Corra May Harris

Our common stock of words embodies all the distinctions men have found worth drawing, and the connexions they have found worth marketing, in the…

— J. L. Austin

Let us recognize the beauty and power of true enthusiasm; and whatever we may do to enlighten ourselves and others, guard against checking or…

— Henry Theodore Tuckerman

Every word carries its own surprises and offers its own rewards to the reflective mind.

— George Armitage Miller

The young writer should learn to spot them: words that at first glance seem freighted with delicious meaning, but that soon burst in the…

— Anonymous

An answer, once found, is dull; and the only remaining interest lies in a further effort to render equally dull what is still obscure…

— Nelson Goodman

The selective instinct of the artist tells him when his language should be homely, and when it should be more elevated; and it is…

— George Henry Lewes