Argument Quote by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“a heap of words designed to hinder communication rather than facilitate it.”

— Hugh Howey

“Avoid pompous words and fancy phrases.”

— Robert W. Bly

I work in a world of words - words that inspire, words that persuade and, increasingly, words that can send the message that it…

— Chellie Pingree

Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action

— Mae West

When any fit of gloominess, or perversion of mind, lays hold upon you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaints.

— Samuel Johnson

“To avoid enemies, say nothing; to avoid critics, do nothing; to avoid haters, be nothing; but to avoid mediocrity, ignore them all.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.

— Elmore Leonard

A life spent writing has taught me to be wary of words. Those that seem clearest are often the most treacherous.

— Amin Maalouf

Lead by examples, not words.

— Johnny Colt

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

“You take the words in the sense which is most damaging to the argument.”

— Plato

There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.

— Voltaire