William Safire

Never assume the obvious is true. ↗

— William Safire

#never #obvious #true

Took me a while to get to the point today, but that is because I did not know what the point was when I started. ↗

— William Safire

#funny

The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right. ↗

— William Safire

#doing #mean #right #something

A book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject. ↗

— William Safire

#comes #dealing #intellectual #primary #shape

A reader ought to be able to hold it and become familiar with its organized contents and make it a mind's manageable companion. ↗

— William Safire

#become #companion #contents #familiar #hold

At a certain point, what people mean when they use a word becomes its meaning. ↗

— William Safire

#certain #certain point #mean #meaning #people

Have a definite opinion. ↗

— William Safire

#opinion

Cast aside any column about two subjects. It means the pundit chickened out on the hard decision about what to write about that day. ↗

— William Safire

#any #aside #cast #column #day

I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness. ↗

— William Safire

#color #greater #i #more #new

I think we all have a need to know what we do not need to know. ↗

— William Safire

#i think #know #need #think