#words

The history of nations shows that words are not always immediately followed by action. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#always #followed #history #immediately #nations

A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. ↗

— William Strunk, Jr.

#drawing #lines #machine #paragraph #parts

Omit needless words. ↗

— William Strunk, Jr.

#omit #words

Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two words that mean exactly the same thing. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#here #made #mean #point #same

I've always written very tightly, and there's a good reason for that. There's no point in using words that you're not going to apply. ↗

— Theodore Sturgeon

#apply #going #good #good reason #i

There are words which are worth as much as the best actions, for they contain the germ of them all. ↗

— Sophie Swetchine

#best #contain #germ #much #them

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#learning #nothing #wind #words

The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#places #proper #proper places #style #true

I get so excited when a song I wrote that's very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#down #excited #get #goes #i

Words can never adequately convey the incredible impact of our attitudes toward life. The longer I live the more convinced I become that life is 10 percent what happens to us and 90 percent how we respond to it. ↗

— Charles R. Swindoll

#attitudes #become #convey #convinced #happens