Careful Language Quotes

I am by no means suggesting that everyone who uses the neocon label is doing so as an anti-Semitic smear, but the word has been used often enough in that ugly context that it should make any person of goodwill think twice before employing it.

I have grown to believe that there is no dangerous idea, which does not become less dangerous when written out in sincere and careful English.

Because of the way my words get scrutinized, I have to use a level of precision so people don't accuse me of misleading them.

You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott.

I feel more pressure when I'm writing for teens. I'm very aware that my audience is impressionable. Therefore, I'm far more careful about what I say and the language I use.

I'm just very careful with my words when I write. Obsessively careful. I'm the sort of person who worries about the difference between "slim" and "slender."

I don't say anything unintentionally.

Virgil is so exact in every word, that none can be changed but for a worse; nor any one removed from its place, but the harmony will be altered. He pretends sometimes to trip; but it is only to make you think him in danger of a fall, when he is most secure.

I'm very much aware of the need for politicians to be careful with language as well as what they do.