#right word

I set myself 600 words a day as a minimum output, regardless of the weather, my state of mind or if I'm sick or well. There must be 600 finished words-not almost right words. ↗

— Arthur Hailey

#day #finished #i #mind #minimum

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. ↗

— Mark Twain

#between #bug #difference #lightning #right

I met Steve McQueen once. Well, met isn't really the right word. ↗

— Griffin Dunne

#mcqueen #met #once #really #right

I don't know if proud is the right word, but I am somebody who does not, on the whole, have the highest regard for my own stuff in that when I look all I get to see are the flaws. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#does #flaws #get #highest #i

The problem is going to be finding the right words and implementing it in a way that is really dealing with people that are inciting and not preventing honest discussion of the underlying causes of this horrendous political situation the world is in now. ↗

— Clare Short

#dealing #discussion #finding #going #honest

They went into stores to get food to stay alive. Looting isn't the right word. I call it survival. ↗

— Russel Honore

#call #food #get #i #into

Let's cut to the chase, the sharia controversy. I don't think I, or my colleagues, predicted just how enormous the reaction would be. I failed to find the right words. I succeeded in confusing people. I've made mistakes - that's probably one of them. ↗

— Rowan Williams

#colleagues #confusing #controversy #cut #enormous

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#argument #been #greater #his #persuade

I have now reached the happy age of 23. No, happy is not quite the right word. At this particular moment I am certainly not happy. ↗

— Eva Braun

#am #certainly #happy #i #i am