Language Quote by Northrop Frye

Be precise in the use of words and expect precision from others

— Peter Abelard

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

— Samuel Johnson

Accuracy is the basis of style. Words dress our thoughts and should fit; and should fit not only in their utterances, but in their…

— Freya Stark

The real problem in speech is not precise language. The problem is clear language.

— Richard P. Feynman

The human language, as precise as it is with its thousands of words, can still be so wonderfully vague.

— Garth Stein

For precisely when concepts fail one, Words are found at the right time.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Language is a tool adequate to provide any degree of precision relevant to a particular situation.

— Anonymous

Words are inaccurate pointers to reality and should by no means be trusted.

— Frederick Lenz

We say that a sentence is factually significant to any given person, if, and only if, he knows how to verify the proposition which…

— A.J. Ayer

It's important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them-they frame and shape so much of the way we understand…

— Michael Nesmith

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

— Tryon Edwards

Because of the way my words get scrutinized, I have to use a level of precision so people don't accuse me of misleading them.

— Gary Bettman