Doctrine Quote by Noam Chomsky

Imprecision is tolerable and verisimilar in literature, because we always tend towards it in life.

— Jorge Luis Borges

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

— Victor Hugo

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. On the other hand, it is of little use to take criticism in a slavish spirit…

— Ellen Terry

Conceit is incompatible with understanding.

— Anonymous

Conciseness is underrated

— Sarah Dessen

We can all be conned but at what point do we realize that we're being conned and to what point do we allow ourselves…

— Guy Ritchie

“Names with indeterminate connotation are not to be confounded with names which have more than one connotation, that is to say, ambiguous words.”

— John Stuart Mill

In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.

— Samuel Johnson

To make things 'perfectly clear' is reactionary and stupefying. The real is not perfectly clear.

— Avital Ronell

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction....

— Hosea Ballou

“Methods include cutting others off, overstating your facts, speaking in absolutes, changing subjects, or using directive questions to control the conversation.”

— Kerry Patterson

Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts.

— Anonymous