Defects Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called ''weasel words.'' When a weasel sucks eggs the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.

— James F. Cooper

Today we have discovered the word that could not be said. "I

— Ayn Rand

It is said that the American vocabulary has declined by half in the past few decades. It's a tragic instance of desertification following upon…

— Stephanie Mills

We are incapable of leaving anything to the imagination and loath to leave anything out. Maniacal thoroughness has become our national verbal ideal.

— Florence King

However old-fashioned and right-wing this may sound, the American genius for language lies in understatement, in saying things simply, pointedly and quickly, and in…

— Walter Kirn

It's difficult to sit down and write a letter back saying, "you know what, even if we remove the word from the dictionary, people…

— Kory Stamper

Our words must seem to be inevitable.

— William Butler Yeats

Our words are very powerful, always make sure that you use the right words, which encourages people instead of discouraging.

— Anurag Prakash Ray

And don't confound the language of the nation With long-tailed words in osity and ation.

— John Hookham Frere

There seems to be an increasing awareness of something we Americans have known for some time - that the ten most dangerous words in…

— Ronald Reagan

Wordiness is a sickness of American writing. Too many words dilute and blur ideas.

— Eric Hoffer