If you can't be kind, at least be vague.
Judith MartinTags: kindness etiquette vagueness
[F]or a social theorist ignorance is more excusable than vagueness. Other investigators can easily show I am wrong if I am sufficiently precise. They will have much more difficulty showing by investigation what, precisely, I mean if I am vague. I hope not to be forced to weasel out with 'But I didn’t really mean that.' Social theorists should prefer to be wrong rather than misunderstood. Being misunderstood shows sloppy theoretical work.
Arthur L. StinchcombeTags: theory clarity social-science vagueness
For remember that in general we don't use language according to strict rules-- it hasn't been taught to us by means of strict rules, either. We, in our discussions on the other hand, constantly compare language with a calculus preceding to exact rules.
Ludwig WittgensteinTags: philosophy meaning vagueness family-resemblance
I can't be friends with a man who blows hot and cold with the same breath.
AesopTags: ambiguity uncertainty vagueness
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