Ho Chi Minh Quotes

The more clearly you write, the more easily and surely you will be understood.

Uncommon things must be said in common words.

The simpler the message, the broader the meaning, in many respects.

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

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

There is nothing in philosophy which could not be said in everyday language.

Omit needless words.

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

I am a firm believer that if you can explain it to a kid, you're on the right track.

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do: and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him.

Me is a common sense man. That mean when me explain things, me explain it in a very simple way; that mean if I explain it to a baby, the baby will understand too, you know.

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

The one thing that I do is take really complicated systems and subjects and make them accessible to regular people.

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.

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

Supreme court opinions should be written in such a way that they can be read in the barber shop.

I work real hard so the reader doesn't have to. I don't want them to have to look up words.

I don't like making things too complicated when writing songs. I want to write in a very easy language that many people will understand.

Clarity is the most important thing to me - in thinking - and so I try in the books to be as clear as possible.

Successful writers learn at last what they should learn at first,--to be intelligently simple.

I think that's easier to read. Pardon me. Less difficult to read.

Of all the needs a book has the chief need is that it be readable.

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