N Quotes
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“Never use a gallon of words to express a spoonful of thought. Our unadorned word should be enough.”
“Never use a long word where a short one will do.”
Source: Collected essays
“Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.”
Source: The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell: In front of your nose, 1945-1950
“Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long word where a short one will do. If it is possible to cut a word out always cut it out. Never use the passive voice where you can use the active. Never use a foreign phrase a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent. Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous.”
Source: Shooting an Elephant: And Other Essays
“Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue... I once noticed Mary McCarthy ending a line of dialogue with "she asseverated" and had to stop reading and go to the dictionary.”
“Never use a verb other than ‘said’ to carry dialogue.”
Source: 10 Rules of Writing
“Never use a warning when you mean undo.”
“Never use abstract nouns when concrete ones will do. If you mean “More people died” don’t say “Mortality rose.”
“Never use an adverb to modify the verb 'said' . . . he admonished gravely. To use an adverb this way (or almost any way) is a mortal sin. The writer is now exposing himself in earnest, using a word that distracts and can interrupt the rhythm of the exchange.”
“Never use five words if you can get away with one, eh? I've known dead men talk more than you do.”
“Never use God to hurt yourself.”
“Never use jargon words like 'reconceptualize', 'demassification', 'attitudinally', 'judgmentally'. They are hallmarks of a pretentious ass.”
Source: The Unpublished David Ogilvy
“Never use money to measure wealth, son.”
“Never use naughtiness in mixed company, unless your witticism is so funny that your audience will shoot tears of happiness out of their eyes with a velocity sufficient to powerwash a small bus. Any joke that falls short of that standard will make you lose respect in the eyes of everyone except your best friends, who, as you know, lost respect for you long ago.”
Source: The Joy of Work: Dilbert's Guide to Finding Happiness at the Expense of Your Co-Workers
“Never use one word when two will do.”
“Never use pages for personal brand!”
“Never use prayer as an excuse to procrastinate doing what you already know is the right thing to do.”
“Never use the passing years as an excuse for old age.”
“Never use the word 'audience.' The very idea of a public, unless the poet is writing for money, seems wrong to me. Poets don't have an 'audience'. They're talking to a single person all the time.”
“Never use the word “cheap”. Today everybody can look chic in inexpensive clothes (the rich buy them too). There is good clothing design on every level today. You can be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt and jeans — it’s up to you.”
“Never use the word “impossible” seriously again. Toss it into the verbal wastebucket.”
Source: The Positive Principle Today
“Never use the word, 'very.' It is the weakest word in the English language; doesn't mean anything. If you feel the urge of 'very' coming on, just write the word, 'damn,' in the place of 'very.' The editor will strike out the word, 'damn,' and you will have a good sentence.”
“Never use the words 'suddenly' or 'all hell broke loose.'”
Source: Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing
“Never use tricky or irrelevant headlines… People read too fast to figure out what you are trying to say.”
“Never use two notes when one will do. Never use one note when silence will do. The essence of music is punctuated silence.”
Source: Mayor of MacDougal Street by Dave Van Ronk (7-Nov-2013) Paperback
“Never use two words when one will do.”
“Never vain on your beauty and achievement,
You see the peacock caged in the zoo,
not the crow, who is the one to live the life of freedom here.”
“Never value anything as profitable to thyself which shall compel thee to break thy promise, to lose thy self-respect, to hate any man, to suspect, to curse, to act the hypocrite, to desire anything which needs walls and curtains.”
Source: 沉思錄:讀了一百年還要再讀一百年的不朽鉅著
“Never venture and risk a seashell for a pearl; conversely, one can choose and select it in an open field, without risk.”
“Never venture near the door where sin dwells, lest you are dragged in.”
“Never venture near the toxic family war zone without your security detail of angels, spirit guides, and ancestors by your side.”
“Never violate a woman, nor harm a child. Do not lie, cheat or steal. These things are for lesser men. Protect the weak against the evil strong. And never allow thoughts of gain to lead you into the persuit of evil.”
Source: White Wolf: A Novel of Druss the Legend
“Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.”
Source: Two Sermons Preached Before the Twenty-eighth Congregational Society in Boston: On the 14th and 21st of November, 1852, on Leaving Their Old and Entering a New Place of Worship
“Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be true to God.”
Source: Two Sermons Preached Before the Twenty-eighth Congregational Society in Boston: On the 14th and 21st of November, 1852, on Leaving Their Old and Entering a New Place of Worship
“Never vote for a candidate whose campaign promises include ‘doing more for children.”
Source: The Child Abuse Industry: Outrageous Facts About Child Abuse & Everyday Rebellions Against a System that Threatens Every North American Family
“Never vote for the best candidate, vote for the one who will do the least harm.”
“Never wait for a miracle to happen if you are in love with a person who is going through a commitment phobia for too long rather let them go instantly because you deserve a person who is right and ready for a committed relationship.”
Source: Attracting A Specific Person: How to Use the Law of Attraction to Manifest a Specific Person, Get Back Your Ex and Manifest a Vibrant Relationship.
“Never wait for a woman to show interest. It is not her interest we seek, but her desire,” whispered Casanova. “Intrigue her, tantalize her, flatter her and let her know that she is the only one in the room that you truly want. Women want to be admired and desired above all others. Even if they refuse you, they will never forget you.”
Source: Casanova and the Devil's Doorbell
“never wait for anyone to make you happy”
“Never wait for the alarm clock to wake you up; your passion must wake you up against sluggish lifestyles. Positive passion keeps you hot until the work it finished!”
Source: Dream big!: See your bigger picture!
“Never wait for the perfect time to start ; the truth is there is nothing as perfect time ; act now !”
“Never wait for tomorrow, what if tomorrow never comes?”
“Never wait for trouble.”
“Never wait people to thank you , God is the only one who would reward you …”
“Never wait until the end of your life to realize you have not live to fully love.”
Source: Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
“Never wake up waiting to hear a command from someone before you make a move; be responsible! Never repeat what made you to waste an hour of yesterday; be accountable!”
Source: The Great Hand Book of Quotes
“Never walk alone at night, they tell you, if you're a girl.
And it isn't fair.
Because the night is when the world is quiet.
The night is when the air is clear. The night is wild and welcoming.”
Source: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
“Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.”
“Never walk near the bed; to a ghost your ankle is your most vulnerable part-once in bed, you're safe; he may lie around under the bed all night, but you're safe as daylight. If you still have doubts pull the blanket over your head.”
Source: The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works
“Never walk with drooped shoulders or a dragging gait,
Even when everything falls apart and the world turns away.
Keep your shoulders high, your steps unwavering—
Let your spirit rise like dawn and light the way.”