Opinions scattered indiscriminately about leave the mark of egotism.

...when a sentence is made stronger, it usually becomes shorter. Thus, brevity is a by-product of vigor.

A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.

If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!

Make definite assertions. Avoid tame, colorless, hesitating, non-committal language.

To acquire style, begin by affecting none.

None are so fallible as those who are sure they're right.

Vigorous writing is concise.

Instead of announcing what you are about to tell is interesting, make it so.

Rich, ornate prose is hard to digest, generally unwholesome, and sometimes nauseating.

The approach to style is by way of plainness, simplicity, orderliness, sincerity.

You need to have faith in yourself. Be brave and take risks. You don't have to have it all figured out to move forward.

Would you have me forever carry hate for one who is dead?

Never underestimate the power of telling a teenage boy he's risking his chances of getting laid. Works almost every time.

Warriors want a worthy opponent. There is no redress in fighting the pathetic.

Give Nature a vacuum and she will try to fill it. Give her localized pressure and she will try to disperse it. She is forever seeking a balance she can never achieve, never happy with what she's got.

Almost certainly I will not tell her my intentions this evening or tonight. I will put it off. Why? Because words are actions and they make things happen. Once they are out you cannot put them back.

I could have never dreamed what an amazing ride this has been.

I think we really have to take a good, hard look at our system of corporate consolidated press. We need to break them up.

Every time you defeat a temptation, you become more like Jesus!

The more we possess, the more distant we grow from God.