The adjective hasn't been built that can pull a weak or inaccurate noun out of a tight place.

...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.

We’re on this planet for too short a time. And at the end of the day, what’s more important? Knowing that a few meaningless figures balanced—or knowing that you were the person you wanted to be?

The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

I feel when people say 'bigger and better' they should say 'bigger and badder'.

I'm thankful to be able to team up with a company like USANA that cares about my well-being and I know we can do great things together.

Remember the man who truly repents is never satisfied with his own repentance.

The man who finds the ministry an easy life will also find that it will bring a hard death.

Even if I tried to be my dad, it would be a mediocre, slightly embarrassing version.

I don't believe that you can judge the worth of a movie in the atmosphere in which it comes out the first time. There's just so many reasons why some pictures don't catch on.

I lost my job as a cricket commentator for saying "I don't want to bore you with the details".

I think there's a lot that's beautiful about religion and very inspiring, obviously, but I do think that God needs to be rescued from religion actually.