William Safire Quotes About Language

Quotes about: Language

• It behooves us to avoid archaisms. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.

  William Safire

  Writing, Long, Use

• Dangling punch lines to forgotten stories remain in the language like the smile of the Cheshire cat.

  William Safire

  Cat, Stories, Lines

• Color and bite permeate a language designed to rally many men, to destroy some, and to change the minds of others.

  William Safire

  Men, Color, Mind

  1968 Safire's Political Dictionary, introduction.

• The new, old, and constantly changing language of politics is a lexicon of conflict and drama?ridicule and reproach?pleading and persuasion.

  William Safire

  Drama, Lexicon, Language

  1968 Safire's Political Dictionary, introduction.

• English is a stretch language; one size fits all.

  William Safire

  Size, Language, Fit

  William Safire (1981). “On language”

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