Direct Quote by Washington Irving

He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most…

— Washington Irving

The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.

— Anonymous

Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself, might convey his notions…

— Samuel Johnson

Some people think more than they speak.

— Ritu Ghatourey

He that uses his words loosely and unsteadily will either not be minded or not understood.

— John Locke

You persuade a man only insofar as you can talk his language by speech, gesture, tonality, order, image, attitude, idea, identifying your ways with…

— Kenneth Burke

Difference of thoughts will produce difference of language. He that thinks with more extent than another, will want words of a larger meaning; he…

— Samuel Johnson

“He chooses his language for its rich canorousness rather than for intensity of meaning.”

— James Russell Lowell

The highest thoughts are those which are least dependent on language, and the dignity of any composition and praise to which it is entitled…

— John Ruskin

He has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thoughts.

— Winston Churchill

He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does not attach much importance to his own thoughts.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“There is a reciprocal influence between thought and language. What we think molds the words we use, and the words we use react upon…

— Grenville Kleiser