Quotes about vocabulary

Short words are the best and old words when short are best of all.

— Winston Churchill

Prose, words in their best order. Poetry, the best words in the best order.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The adjective is the banana peel of the parts of speech.

— Clifton Fadiman

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catch words.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Yes and No are very short words to say, but we should think for some length of time before saying them.

— Source Unknown

Never use big words where a diminutive one will suffice.

— Source Unknown

The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein