"Jargon is making it increasingly hard to understand what a public figure is actually trying to say"

-- Don Watson

#Trying Quotes #Jargon Quotes #Figures Quotes

“Language and words for psychopaths are only word deep; there is no emotional colouring behind it. A psychopath can use a word like, â€˜I love youâ€™ but it means nothing more to him than if he said, â€˜Iâ€™ll have a cup of coffee.”
“Better alone than badly accompanied.”
“I'm pretty horrible at relationships and haven't been in many long-term ones. Leaving and moving on - returning to a familiar sense of self-reliance and autonomy - is what I know; that feeling is as comfortable and comforting as it might be for a different kind of person to stay.”

Source : " Stumptown Girl" by Margaret Talbot, www.newyorker.com. January 02, 2012.
“Enlightenment! When it comes, it comes like a brick to the head, doesn't it?”
“Life is too short for aught but high endeavor.”
“I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or to speak, or write, with moderation. ... I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch - AND I WILL BE HEARD.”

Source : William Lloyd Garrison (1852). “Selections from the writings and speeches of William Lloyd Garrison: With an appendix ...”, p.63
“The ravening wolves are amongst us, from our own membership, and they, more than any others, are clothed in sheep's clothing, because they wear the habiliments of the priesthoodâ€¦We should be careful of them.”
“I expect VA's inspector general and the FBI to work closely together so that we can identify and eliminate the flaws that allowed this leak and prosecute any criminal acts.”

Source : "FBI seeks stolen personal data on 26 million vets" by Terry Frieden and Marsha Walton, www.cnn.com. May 23, 2006.

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