29 quotes found
“I'd like to get away from earth awhileAnd then come back to it and begin over.May no fate wilfully misunderstand meAnd half grant what I wish and snatch me awayNot to return. Earth's the right plac...”
“I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.", 1657)”
“Like all sweet dreams, it will be brief, but brevity makes sweetness, doesn't it?”
“The definition of Brevity: That which people believe would be a virtue - in me!”
“It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.”
“Life is too short to waste being a productive member of society.”
“Against the censurers of brevity. - Something said briefly can be the fruit of much long thought: but the reader who is a novice in this field, and has as yet reflected on it not at all, sees in ev...”
“To write good poems is the secret of brevity.”
“The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending and to have the two as close together as possible. ”
“I've had orgasms lasting longer than our relationship.”
“Clarity of thought is a must for brevity in speech.”
“The story of a life can be as long or as short as the teller wishes. Whether the life is tragic or enlightened, the classic gravestone inscription marking simply the dates of birth and death has, i...”
“Personally, I am always more impressed by simplicity, clarity; it is the mark of a writer who knows his subject well and is secure enough not to 'lay it on' in the telling. Aim for complexity of th...”
“Brevity Is Best: Nicknamed "Silent Cal," President Calvin Coolidge was once challenged by a reporter, saying, "I bet someone that I could get more than two words out of you." Coolidge responded, "Y...”
“From her character in the HBO miniseries: "The art of politics is the art of applying the seat of the britches to the seat of the chair.”
“Brevity is the soul of wit.”
“Let thy speech be short comprehending much in few words.”
“The more you say the less people remember. The fewer the words the greater the profit.”
“The fewer the words the better prayer.”
“The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs which are brief and pithy.”
