Common Quote by Robert Greene

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

“LAW 4 Always Say Less Than Necessary When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you…

— Robert Greene

It's really a trade-off: you're always having to decide whether you're going to say the more ambitious thing, and lose a little clarity -…

— Elif Batuman

Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would…

— William P. Alford

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

— Dalai Lama

I never say anything to impress anyone, I just say what I truly feel!!

— Abhishek Tiwari

Some people are impressed with a person, who has a large vocabulary. Im impressed with the person, who knows how to express themselves with…

— Kaoru Shinmon

Any one may mouth out a passage with a theatrical cadence, or get upon stilts to tell his thoughts; but to write or speak…

— William Hazlitt

As you get older, you mellow, but there's a natural propensity to watch what you say, 'cause you learn that you want more time…

— Gord Downie

There is nothing that exasperates people more than a display of superior ability or brilliance in conversation. They seem pleased at the time, but…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

When people talk, they lay lines on each other, do a lot of role playing, sidestep, shilly-shally and engage in all manner of vagueness…

— Steven Pinker