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One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.

— H. P. Lovecraft

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

If you need three adjectives to describe something, then you've probably chosen the wrong something.

— Roger Rosenblatt

It's important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them-they frame and shape so much of the way we understand things.

— Michael Nesmith

Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled 'wrong'.

— Raymond Smullyan

The only sort of descriptive adjective or catch phrase for my music would be 'eclectic.'

— Moby

Beautiful sentences pop into my head. Beautiful sentences that aren't always absolutely accurate. Then, I have to choose between the beautiful sentence and being absolutely accurate. It can be a difficult choice.

— Christopher Hitchens

In common use almost every word has many shades of meaning, and therefore needs to be interpreted by the context.

— Alfred Marshall

Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.

— Dick Schaap

In fact, words are well adapted for description and the arousing of emotion, but for many kinds of precise thought other symbols are much better.

— John B. S. Haldane

✗Opposing Perspectives

Every word or concept, clear as it may seem to be, has only a limited range of applicability.

— Werner Heisenberg

Usually it is uses of words, not words in themselves, that are properly called vague.

— J. L. Austin