The choosing among words is made by every user of the language, and not exclusively by professional speakers and writers.

Whenever we can make 25 words do the work of 50, we halve the area in which looseness and disorganization can flourish.

No one should ever have to read a sentence twice because of the way it is put together.

It is nonetheless the best usage that decides the meaning of words.

The good oxymoron, to define it by a self-illustration, must be a planned inadvertency.

Prose is not necessarily good because it obeys the rules of syntax, but it is fairly certain to be bad if it ignores them.

Books and doors are the same thing. You open them, and you go through into another world.

Being strong and positive is like holding your breath under water. You will never be able to do it forever. Sometimes crying out and express yourself will help you from drowning.

When you employ HUMOR, you create a friendly, relaxed buying atmosphere.

It's unbecoming," she agreed. "A perfect word for my new life. Unbecoming. I who have always been unbecoming am becoming un.

A man is not much if he can't depend on himself, and nothing if others can't depend on him.

Christians rejoice even while they truly sorrow - because their rejoicing is in the hope of heaven... While joy overcomes sorrow, it does not put an end to it.

Pain and suffering are the dark strands through the tapestry of your life, providing the shadows that give depth and dimension to the masterpiece God is fashioning within you.

Music, you know, true music not just rock 'n' roll, chooses you.

Clearly, the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces.