#jargon

He doesn't think of doctrines as primarily "true' or 'false', but as 'academic' or practical', 'outworn' or 'contemporary', 'conventional' or 'ruthless'. Jargon, not argument, is your best ally in keeping him from the Church. Don't waste time trying to make him think that materialism is true! Make him think it is strong, or stark, or courageous--that it is the philosophy of the future. That's the sort of thing he cares about. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#jargon #philosophy #courage

A study in scarlet, eh? Why shouldn't we use a little art jargon? There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#colour #exposure #isolation #jargon #life

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles, slogans: and, instead of genuine ideas, bright ideas. ↗

— Eric Bentley

#bright #genuine #ideas #instead #jargon

There wasn't much technical terminology, and then, most academics are not trained in writing. And there is what is probably worse than ever before, the growing use of professional jargon. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#before #ever #growing #jargon #most

Yet Aristotle's excellence of substance, so far from being associated with the grand style, is associated with something that at times comes perilously near jargon. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#associated #being #comes #excellence #far

Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession. ↗

— Kingman Brewster, Jr.

#incomprehensible #jargon #profession

Greece will not manage to get back on its feet without restructuring its debt. There is no way around it. The country's creditors will have to reduce a portion of its debts by extending maturity dates, lowering interest rates or giving them what's called a 'haircut' in financial jargon. ↗

— Peer Steinbruck

#back #called #country #creditors #dates

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon. ↗

— Edsger Dijkstra

#avoiding #brevity #jargon #while

There was in Italy a hidden demand for a boring government which would try to tell the truth in non-political jargon. ↗

— Mario Monti

#demand #government #hidden #italy #jargon

I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books. ↗

— Jean Rostand

#honest #i #jargon #lies #outright