“Yelling doesn't get your point across, it only makes it louder.”
Grant Hill (1972) retired American basketball player
“Yelling doesn't get your point across, it only makes it louder.”
Grant Hill (1972) retired American basketball player
Mike Tyson (1966) American boxer
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-02-tyson-saraceno_x.htm
Miscellaneous
Joe Hill (1879–1915) Swedish-American labor activist, songwriter, and member of the Industrial Workers of the World
Source: Horns
Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
Crossfire debate on censorship (1986)
Context: I think that if you use the so-called "strong words" you'll get your point across faster and you can save a lot of beating around the bush. Why are people afraid of words? Sometimes the dumbest thing that gets said makes the point for you.
“You must find some way to elevate your act of writing into entertainment.”
William Zinsser (1922–2015) writer, editor, journalist, literary critic, professor
Source: On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976), Chapter 22, Write as Well as You Can, p. 276.
“At some point in the past, this person was (arguably) your best friend.”
Chuck Klosterman (1972) Author, Columnist
Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas (2006), Recognizing Your Nemesis