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Quotes About Vague

Je suis en système libéral Comme un loup dans un terrain vague, Je m'adapte relativement mal J'essaie de ne pas faire de vagues.
~ Michel Houellebecq
Passing on. It's not even grammatical. It just hangs there, vague and inconclusive. It's like saying he went up to. Passed on to where, exactly?
~ Niall Williams
I have vague memories, like impressions on glass plates ...
~ Patti Smith
There was an air of vague and unsettling paranoia, an undercurrent of rumors, snatched fragments of conversation anticipating future revolution.
~ Patti Smith
The vague qualifiers in those examples are chaff, a habit of conversation—um, ah, ahem! They add nothing. Happy, for example, is a strong, clear word, but if it's not enough, overjoyed, thrilled, or ecstatic has a precision that "very happy" lacks.
~ Unknown
Around has two main meanings. The most common meaning is vaguely moving from one direction to another. What do many people do on holiday? They walk around the town where they are staying. About and round mean the same, and several verbs have all three forms which mean the same.. The second meaning of around and about is approximate. How much is it? About ten euros. It is around ten euros.
~ Unknown