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Right Words Quotes

1.
Use the right word, not its second cousin.
Mark Twain

Authors on Right Words Quotes: Ralph Waldo Emerson Terry Pratchett Elizabeth Bibesco Neil Gaiman Edward Abbey Gerry Spence Cassandra Clare Mark Twain Brigid Brophy A. E. Housman Jeffrey Eugenides Peter Orner John Boyle O'Reilly
2.
I do not choose the right word, I get rid of the wrong one.
A. E. Housman

3.
I am not as concerned about choosing the right words as I am in letting the words flow naturally.
Gerry Spence

4.
There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

5.
There is no calamity that right words will not begin to redress
Ralph Waldo Emerson

6.
Of what help is anyone who can only be approached with the right words?
Elizabeth Bibesco

7.
Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down.
Neil Gaiman

8.
I revise and revise and revise. I'm not even sure "revise" is the right word. I work a story almost to death before it's done.
Peter Orner

9.
But that was just it - hate was exactly the right word. Hate is a force of attraction. Hate is just love with its back turned.
Terry Pratchett

10.
One word is worth a thousand pictures. If it's the right word.
Edward Abbey

11.
Aren't you, uh..." Clary searched for the right word. "Reproducing?
Cassandra Clare

12.
We Irish had the right word on the tip of our tongue, but the imperialist got at that. What should trip off it we trip over.
Brigid Brophy

13.
I've never had the right words to describe my life, and now that I've entered my story, I need them more than ever.
Jeffrey Eugenides

14.
The right word fitly spoken is a precious rarity.
John Boyle O'Reilly