Brevity Quotes

The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs which are brief and pithy.

God helps the brave.

Friedrich von Schiller

Brevity is the soul of wit.

William Shakespeare

Let thy speech be short comprehending much in few words.

Bible

The more you say the less people remember. The fewer the words the greater the profit.

François Fénelon

The fewer the words the better prayer.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

William Shakespeare

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

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 weather, he immediately vanishes out of your sight, passing from winter to winter again. So this life of man appears for a little while, but of what is to follow or what went before we know nothing at all.

Bede

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

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 have to offer. As Mark Twain once wrote, in a slower-paced time, "I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.

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.

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

George Saunders

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.

Michel Houellebecq

Clarity of thought is a must for brevity in speech.

Somali K Chakrabarti

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

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

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.

William Shakespeare

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

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

Fear is the thing that makes the heart grow.

Charlotte Eriksson

I've had orgasms lasting longer than our relationship.

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.

To write good poems is the secret of brevity.

Dejan Stojanovic

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.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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

Friedrich Nietzsche

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 the wayfarers who must live a common life and die a common death.

Clarence Darrow

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.