Mark Wahlberg Quotes

I never want to confuse people or go over their heads.

Communication is about being effective, not always about being proper.

I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.

You try to make every word count, so there's no doubt what you're talking about. When you're young, you waffle away. Well, I'm done with that. I think it's much more interesting to say just what you mean.

I try to be as clear as I can be.

You don't need many words if you already know what you're talking about.

Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.

I say what I need to, not a whole lot more.

He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do: and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him.

When I'm explaining something to you, if I'm being long-winded, and twisty in a non-productive way, I could make you feel vaguely insulted. And you'd have a right to be.

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.

I'm a very direct person just generally. I don't use a lot of words unnecessarily. I try to get to the heart of the issue, address it and go on to the next thing.

It is by great economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression.

Did all this make sense?

Any effort... to make the obscure obvious is likely to be unappealing, for the penalty of failure is confusion while the reward of success is banality.

Sometimes one has to say difficult things, but one ought to say them as simply as one knows how.

Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities.

There's no idea that can't be explained to a thoughtful 14-year-old. If the thoughtful 14-year-old doesn't get it, it is your fault, not the 14-year-old's.

It is sometimes hard to know what Sarah Palin means, just on a day to day basis. Sometimes it is hard to follow what she is talking about.

But why, why, why can't people just say what they mean?

The simpler you say it, the more eloquent it is.

There should be less talk. A preaching point is not a meeting point.

Say it clear, and it will be beautiful.