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| Oxymorons by Subject: Skills (35)
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| Oxymoronic Quotes and Sayings: Skills (28) |
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- Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use. - Wendell Johnson
- Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think. - Ambrose Bierce
- Chronoscopy is the observation and exact estimation of time. - Exact estimation
- Common sense is not so common.
- Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. - Winston Churchill
- Do not put statements in the negative form.
And don't start sentences with a conjunction.
It is incumbent on one to avoid archaisms.
If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by re-reading and editing.
Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
Unqualified superlatives are the worst of all.
De-accession euphemisms.
If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.
Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.
Never, ever use repetitive redundancies.
Also, avoid awkward or affected alliteration.
Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague. - Great Rules for writing from William Safire in the New York Times
- Everyone writes on the walls except me. - Said to be graffiti seen in Pompeii
- Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.
- He talks right and runs left. - Bob Dole, on Clinton's changing-political positions
- I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is much better to prophesy after the event has already taken place. - Winston Churchill
- I distinctly remember forgetting that. - Clara Barton
- I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead. - Samuel Goldwyn
- I have made mistakes, but have never made the mistake of claiming I never made one. - James G. Bennet
- I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. - Winston Churchill
- I must follow the people. Am I not their leader? - Benjamin Disraeli
- It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. - Mark Twain
- I've told you for the fifty-thousandth time, stop exaggerating.
- May I ask a question?
- Not only am I redundant and superfluous, but I also tend to use more words than necessary.
- Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.
- Spontaneity is good as long as it is controlled.
- Stop stabbing yourself in the back. - Judith Briles
- Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill
- This report is filled with omissions.
- To lead the people, walk behind them. - Lao-Tzu
- We are not anticipating any emergencies.
- We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
- You win big when you lose right.
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