Paul Rodgers Quotes

I work on the assumption that in the crowded mass communication field today you have to get in and get out with your message as quickly and simply as possible. You must communicate the maximum with a single glance.

I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.

If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do.

Write in such a way as that you can be readily understood by both the young and the old, by men as well as women, even by children.

Where questions of style and exposition are concerned I try to follow a simple maxim: if you can't say it clearly you don't understand it yourself.

Making noise is easy; making stuff people understand is an easy thing to do.

Communication is about being effective, not always about being proper.

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.

Uncommon things must be said in common words.

Everything that can be said, can be said clearly.

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

I never want to confuse people or go over their heads.

Now, what we are not talking about, what you're really coming to, is what compromises one makes so that the listener understands somewhat of what you're doing, what you're trying to express.

You have to work very hard behind the scenes, to make a message clear enough for a lot of people to understand.

Omit needless words.

You don't need many words if you already know what you're talking about.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

A rule to live by: I won't use anything I can't explain in five minutes.

There are writers who pour out words, concepts that sound really important but that basically say nothing. I always tried to be as concise as possible, all to try and reach everyone, but especially the simple people, those who needed to be reached more than anyone else.

For me, until I know that the audience really gets what I'm trying to communicate I'm not done.

Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.

Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark; when high and learned ones do only pierce the air.

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.