Quotes About Clarity

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Never say more than is necessary.

Egad, I think the interpreter is the hardest to be understood of the two!

we need to break the habit of overreacting because of our speedy assumption and judgments

its helpful to step back and see the bigger picture

Seeking first to understand isn't about who's right or wrong; it is a philosophy of effective communication.

Pascal said, "All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.

This is pretty simple stuff. But the truth is, the reality of making money and wise decisions isn't very complicated. However, not many people understand the importance of a don't-worry attitude. If you do, you're one step ahead of the game.

In low moods we lose our perspective and everything seems urgent.

One of the cold hard truths that men need to get used to, is that, whenever someone has a problem with facts, the problem isn't with the facts.

Men like Crawford mistrusted Keynes because his views were unconfused. Throughout his life Keynes produced unimpeachable facts and figures, clear analyses, direct solutions and trenchant practical advice all based on the nitty-gritty of his subject, which were discounted by officials, politicians and bankers who dismissed him as academic, theoretical, quixotic, impractical. To them his clarity seemed too good to be true.

In the beginning was simplicity.

Undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.

Human suffering has been caused because too many of us cannot grasp that words are only tools for our use. The mere presence in the dictionary of a word like 'living' does not mean it necessarily has to refer to something definite in the real world.

I am not an enthusiast for diversity of opinion where facts are concerned.

We think we know that chimpanzees are higher animals and earthworms are lower, we think we've always known what that means, and we think evolution makes it even clearer. But it doesn't. It is by no means clear that it means anything at all. Or if it means anything, it means so many different things to be misleading, even pernicious.

Anyone can popularize science if he oversimplifies.

when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal force, the truth does not necessarily lie midway between them.

Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them;

We needn't bother with exactly what 'electric charge' means here.

when two opposite points of view are expressed with equal force, the truth does not necessarily lie midway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong. And that justifies passion on the other side.

I, like you, see through all the smoke and mirrors, but come on, guys, think of the poor dears who can't handle the truth!

Shouldn't you take greater care, when speaking in public, to let your yea be yea and nay be nay?

I'll begin by distinguishing two kinds of agnosticism. TAP, or Temporary Agnosticism in Practice, is the legitimate fence-sitting where there really is a definite answer, one way or the other, but we so far lack the evidence to reach it (or don't understand the evidence, or haven't time to read the evidence, etc.).