Language

So avoid using the word ‘very’ because it’s lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don’t use very sad, use morose. Language was invented for one reason, boys—to woo women—and, in that endeavor, laziness will not do.
— Dead Poets Society (1989)

(via Kris Ex @ http://disposablegenius.tumblr.com/post/5075789884/so-avoid-using-the-word-very-because-its-lazy)