Quotes about brevity

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 place for love:I don't know where it's likely to go better.

I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.", 1657)

When we fully understand the brevity of life, its fleeting joys and unavoidable pains; when we accept the facts that all men and women are approaching an inevitable doom: the consciousness of it should make us more kindly and considerate of each other. This feeling should make men and women use their best efforts to help their fellow travelers on the road, to make the path brighter and easier as we journey on. It should bring a closer kinship, a better understanding, and a deeper sympathy for th

Life is too short to waste being a productive member of society.

It's not my accent, but my brevity makes me stylish.

Fear is the thing that makes the heart grow.

Like all sweet dreams, it will be brief, but brevity makes sweetness, doesn't it?

I've had orgasms lasting longer than our relationship.

To write good poems is the secret of brevity.

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.

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 everything said briefly something embryonic, not without censuring the author for having served him up such immature and unripened fare.

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.

The definition of Brevity: That which people believe would be a virtue - in me!

My liege, and madam, to expostulateWhat majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day, night night, and time is time,Were nothing but to waste night, day and time.Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,I will be brief.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

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 thought, not expression.

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 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, "You lose." The notion of crafting six word memoirs really took off after Smith Magazine shared this poignant one written by Ernest Hemingway: "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn." Pithiness Pays Off For Other Reasons: When required to be brief, for example, we gain clarity about what we really mean -- or

The secret to good writing is to use small words for big ideas, not to use big words for small ideas.

Screenwriting is made of brevity.

Quidquid praecipies, esto brevis.(Whatever advice you give, be brief.)

Brevity is the soul of wit.

I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it sho

I know you're scared, but doing something even though it scares you is the definition of brave.

The present life of man upon earth, O King, seems to me in comparison with that time which is unknown to us like the swift flight of a sparrow through the mead-hall where you sit at supper in winter, with your Ealdormen and thanes, while the fire blazes in the midst and the hall is warmed, but the wintry storms of rain or snow are raging abroad. The sparrow, flying in at one door and immediately out at another, whilst he is within, is safe from the wintry tempest, but after a short space of fair

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.

God helps the brave.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

A novel is just a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.

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, in its brevity, much to recommend it.

Clarity of thought is a must for brevity in speech.