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To: InspectorSmith

Smith
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A picture is worth a thousand words.

Meaning:

You use this proverb to say that a picture can give you as much information as a written or spoken text with a lot of words can.

If someone says, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” he/she means that you can describe something by drawing just one picture as well as you can by writing or saying a lot of words.

People also say “A picture paints a thousand words.”


17 posted on 06/16/2010 11:51:13 PM PDT by woofie
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To: woofie

The adage “A picture is worth a thousand words” refers to the idea that complex stories can be described with just a single still image, or that an image may be more influential than a substantial amount of text. It also aptly characterizes the goals of visualization where large amounts of data must be absorbed quickly.


“A picture shows me at a glance what it takes dozens of pages of a book to expound.”

“A good sketch is better than a long speech”.

Show me your flowcharts and conceal your tables, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won’t usually need your flowcharts; they’ll be obvious.”

When describing your cool motel stay in Hawaii, and the neat lobby, you can drone on endlessly about the design, but a snapshot tells the story very quickly.

I guess your point Woofie, is that sometimes a photo needs words as well. Wouldn’t it have been easier simply to say that? Instead, you post a ton of pictures to drive the point home. In the end, you attempt to spank someone who does not care any longer about your opinion.


34 posted on 06/17/2010 10:58:45 AM PDT by etraveler13
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