E. B. White Quotes

I've always been very aware of what I'm saying, but I'm also aware of what you're saying. I always want to make sure that my point is clear.

Words are how people think. When you misuse words, you diminish your ability to think clearly and truthfully.

If you make yourself understood, you're always speaking well.

My basic rule is to speak slowly and simply so that my audience has an opportunity to follow and think about what I am saying.

I speak English my way, but people understand it. You can understand everything I say, and that's the most important thing.

Uncommon things must be said in common words.

Never mistake legibility for communication.

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

Which, then, brings us closer to what we want to communicate: saying what we intend, or trying to say the opposite?

The simpler you say it, the more eloquent it is.

When you're more focused in getting your message across than you are worrying about how people are viewing you, that's huge.

Aiming at brevity, I become obscure.

How well we communicate is determined not by how well we say things but how well we are understood.

Say it clear, and it will be beautiful.

I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing — to be clear.

The single most important lesson of effective communication is this: Focus on clarity. Concentrate on precisions. Don’t worry about constructing beautiful sentences. Beauty comes from meaning, not language. Accuracy is the most effective style of all.

Respect is important, if someone has a very clear vision of what they want, as long as they find a way to communicate it, a respectful way…

I don't feel like I have to use big words or theories to get my point across. People are like, "Whoa. That's crazy" and make it into this crazy thing.

I counted solely on the clarity of expression of my work to gain my ends.

Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood.

I'd come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain, clear-cut language.

The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you can't understand them. The best sentence? The shortest.

The art of saying well what one thinks is different from the faculty of thinking. The latter may be very deep and lofty and far- reaching, while the former is altogether wanting.

The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.