Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity. William Zinsser

Quotes November 23, 2008

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.
Writers and Writing
Quotations by William Zinsser

The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it. Danish Proverb

The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it.FactsQuotations by Danish Proverb

Man consists of two parts, his mind and his body, only the body has more fun.BodyQuotations by Woody …

Sometimes the answer to prayer is not that it changes life, but that it changes you.ChangeQuotations by James …

Be not deceived with the first appearance of things, for show is not substance.AppearanceQuotations by English Proverb

Absorption in ease is one of the most reliable signs of present or impending decay.LazinessQuotations by Richard Weaver

Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.HonorQuotations by Johann Friedrich Von …

I’ve learned that something constructive comes from every defeat.DefeatQuotations by Tom Landry

I don’t build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.CustomersQuotations by Ayn Rand

The worst superstition is to consider our own tolerable.SuperstitionQuotations by Doris Lessing

He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.RichesQuotations by Moliere