Quotes About Clarity

Franklin [D. Roosevelt] had a good way of simplifying things. He made people feel that he had a real understanding of things and they felt they had about the same understanding.

I want to be good at what I do, obviously, and to do that I need to keep my head straight.

Good enough to tweet, not to say.

I'm not exactly ambitious as much as I have a very good realization of what I am and what I am capable of.

If the words make sense on paper, and make me feel good, and I feel like it will connect, that's all I'm worried about it.

I'm really specific in the way that I shoot. I've always had a very good sense of what I need in the editing room.

He is a perpetual fountain of good sense.

I want my arguments to be good arguments on the basis of what I actually have to say.

Having an enemy that is visible out in the daylight is a good thing.

Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.

I've come to realize that most good ideas are precisely the ones you can't describe.

The border between good and evil is terribly fuzzy.

Writing can come naturally to some. Still, when it comes to good writing, this is true: Easy reading is damn hard writing.

A good writer is one you can read without breaking a sweat.

One of the keys to focus, and why I said cofounders that aren't friends really struggle, is that you can't be focused without good communication.

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.

Morning can always be counted on to bring us back to a more realistic level.

Good writing must stay open to the questions and not fall prey to the pull of a polemic, otherwise, words simply become predictable, sentimental, and stale.

It might be good to open our eyes and see.

Good writing is lean and confident.

If a good word already exists, there is no need to invent something painful.

The good and bad are indistinguishable in the dark.

I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.

A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.