J. R. Moehringer Quotes

I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.

I love words, and I love that there's so many words available to make a point and to create a picture.

Trying to use words, and every attempt Is a wholly new start, and a different kind of failure Because one has only learnt to get the better of words For the thing one no longer has to say, or the way in which One is no longer disposed to say it. And so each venture Is a new beginning, a raid on the inarticulate With shabby equipment always deteriorating In the general mess of imprecision of feeling.

Damn words; they're just the pots and pans of life, the pails and scrubbing-brushes. I wish I didn't have to think in words.

Though old the thought and oft exprest, Tis his at last who says it best.

If writing has taught me anything, it's that you don't actually understand anything until you can express it in words.

My tongue is prone to lose the way,Not so my pen, for in a letterWe have not better things to say,But surely put them better.

According to my wife, my use of vocabulary is wide and varied.

Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly each day.

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.

If you can talk, you can write.

I'm not very articulate.

The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.

I haven't much opinion of words. They're apt to set fire to a dry tongue, that's what I say.

I love the right words. I think economy and precision of language are important.

I'm not very articulate. I don't have that skill.

I've always been very wordy; I've got a great vocabulary.

I guess my diction just isn't very good.

If you're ever struggling for something to say, just take a noun and verbalize it. Using simple words in new and interesting ways will creativize your presence.

Personally there is first: imagination; second: the act of writing - and third: the act/act of vocalizing.

This is why it is sometimes hard for introverts to find words: we really hate to compromise, and words are always a compromise.

As usual, it occurred to me that words were the only thing that could possibly save me from this situation. This was a characteristic misunderstanding on my part. When action was needed, I was absorbed in words; for words proceeded with such difficulty from my mouth that I was intent on them and forgot all about action. It seemed to me that actions, which are dazzling, varied things, must always be accompanied by equally dazzling and equally varied words.

Why speak if you can't manage perfect thoughts, perfect sentences?

Words, like glasses, obscure everything they do not make clear. Before using a fine word, make a place for it.