Quotes by William Safire

William Safire

A dependent clause is like a dependent child: incapable of standing on its own but able to cause a lot of trouble.

Able

Causes

Children

A reader ought to be able to hold it and become familiar with its organized contents and make it a mind’s manageable companion.

Able

Companion

Mind

A reader should be able to identify a column without its byline or funny little picture on top purely by look or feel, or its turgidity ratio.

Littles

Looks

Ratios

At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning.

Mean

People

Use

Avoid overuse of ‘quotation “marks.”’

Mark

Quotation Marks

Quotations

Color and bite permeate a language designed to rally many men, to destroy some, and to change the minds of others.

Color

Men

Mind

Create your own constituency of the infuriated.

Different regions may require different strategies, as President Bush has noted, but not different basic principles. It’s either collective security or selective security.

Different

President

Principles

English is a stretch language; one size fits all.

Fit

Language

Size

Give your main clause a little space. Prose is not like boxing; the skilled writer deliberately telegraphs his punch, knowing that the reader wants to take the message directly on the chin.

Boxing

Knowing

Space

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Choir

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Definite

Dictionary

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Earth

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First Lady

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Quotes by William Safire

William Safire

A dependent clause is like a dependent child: incapable of standing on its own but able to cause a lot of trouble.

A reader ought to be able to hold it and become familiar with its organized contents and make it a mind’s manageable companion.

A reader should be able to identify a column without its byline or funny little picture on top purely by look or feel, or its turgidity ratio.

At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning.

Avoid overuse of ‘quotation “marks.”’

Color and bite permeate a language designed to rally many men, to destroy some, and to change the minds of others.

Create your own constituency of the infuriated.

Different regions may require different strategies, as President Bush has noted, but not different basic principles. It’s either collective security or selective security.

English is a stretch language; one size fits all.

Give your main clause a little space. Prose is not like boxing; the skilled writer deliberately telegraphs his punch, knowing that the reader wants to take the message directly on the chin.

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