Words are our life. We are human because we use language. So I think we are less human when we use less language. Votes: 1
It takes about four days of virtuous living to create a little weight loss. That also happens to be the time required to get used to eating less. In other words, if you can get past day three of a fitness regimen, things improve. Votes: 1
Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is more and what is less excellent in them, or to use words like beauty, excellence, art, poetry, with a more precise meaning than they would otherwise have. Votes: 1
Ever since the collapse of cap and trade legislation and the realization that President Obama is unlikely to ever utter the words 'climate change' in public again, much less use the bully pulpit to prepare the nation for the catastrophic risks of inaction, the movement has been in a funk. Votes: 1
As someone who sends texts messages more or less non-stop, I enjoy one particular aspect of texting more than anything else: that it is possible to sit in a crowded railway carriage laboriously spelling out quite long words in full, and using an enormous amount of punctuation, without anyone being aware of how outrageously subversive I am being. Votes: 1
I find that often simple words say all that needs to be said in less time, using less energy, with all the details wanted- fully in tact. Love it. Votes: 0
Less is more. Votes: 3 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Using adverbs is a mortal sin. Votes: 3 Elmore Leonard
Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. Votes: 4 Carol Burnett