Vague Terms Quotes

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's printed on.

They pointed out that the friendship between the two artists had always been a byword or whatever you called it. A well-read Egg summed it up by saying that they were like Thingummy and what's-his-name.

I don't really like the term 'artist.' I'm not sure what it means. It's a bit like 'love.'

Consensus is usually made possible by vague language and shallow commitments.

We have found other terms far less vague than the old ones to designate the same complaints. It's a great advance linguistically.

I'm very nervous about taking jobs. I always make sure that, if I'm going to work with somebody, that they really understand what it is that I want to do. I'd rather not take the job than be vague about how I'm going to do something and run into trouble later on. It's a hard thing to negotiate.

Fine, large, meaningless, general terms like romance and business can always be related. They take the place of thinking, and are highly useful to optimists and lecturers.