Saying Less Quotes

• It is saying less than the truth to affirm that an excellent book (and the remark holds almost equally good of a Raphael as of a Milton) is like a well-chosen and well-tended fruit tree. Its fruits are not of one season only. With the due and natural intervals, we may recur to it year after year, and it will supply the same nourishment and the same gratification, if only we ourselves return to it with the same healthful appetite.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Book, Years, Tree

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1858). “The complete works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With an introductory essay upon his philosophical and theological opinions”, p.230

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• Hillary Clinton is a world class liar. Just look at her pathetic email server statements, or her phony landing - or her phony landing in Bosnia, where she said she was under attack, and the attack turned out to be young girls handing her flowers. A total and self-serving lie. Brian Williams' career was destroyed for saying less.

  Donald Trump

  Girl, Liars, Lying

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• I worry about protectionists, which is another way of saying less competition, less trade around the world. And I view those as twins of negativity.

  George W. Bush

  Views, Worry, Negativity

  Source: www.texasmonthly.com

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• I feel there is something nice about not talking. Like you can say more by actually saying less.

  Ryan Gosling

  Nice, Talking, Like You

  "The Ides of March - Ryan Gosling interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• There are many who say more than the truth on some occasions, and balance the account with their consciences by saying less than the truth on others. But the fact is that they are in both instances as fraudulant as he would be that exacted more than his due from his debtors, and paid less than their due to his creditors.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Balance, Debtors, Would Be

  Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”

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• I think you often say more by saying less. And interestingly enough, I mean, Jesus really set the standard. I mean, he could say more with fewer words than anybody. Most of the parables were less than 250 words. And, boy, did he have some one-liners just packed with truth.

  Mark Batterson

  Jesus, Mean, Boys

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• When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.

  Robert Greene

  Powerful, People, Trying

  "The 48 Laws Of Power". Book by Robert Greene, 2010.

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• If you call [the synagogue] a brothel, a den of vice, the devil's refuge, Satan's fortress, a place to deprave the soul, an abyss of every conceivable disaster or whatever else you will, you are still saying less than it deserves.

  St. Jerome

  Soul, Devil, Vices

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• There is at least one thing more brutal than the truth, and that is the consequence of saying less than the truth.

  Ti-Grace Atkinson

  Brutal, One Thing, Consequence

  Ti-Grace Atkinson (1974). “Amazon odyssey”

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• To say more while saying less is the secret of being simple.

  Dejan Stojanovic

  Simple, Secret

  "Simplicity". Poem by Dejan Stojanovic,

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• Jeez, Hazel," Percy said, "tell your horse to watch his language." Hazel tried not to laugh. "What did he say?" "With the cussing removed? He said he can get us to the top." Frank looked incredulous. "I thought the horse couldn't fly!" This time Arion whinnied so angrily, even Hazel could guess he was cursing. "Dude," Percy told the horse, "I've gotten suspended for saying less than that.

  Rick Riordan

  Horse, Laughing, Watches

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