7 quotes about Vocabulary

Short words are the best and old words when short are best of all.

Churchill, Winston

Prose, words in their best order. Poetry, the best words in the best order.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.

Fadiman, Cliff

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catch words.

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them.

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Never use big words where a diminutive one will suffice.

Unknown, Source

The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig