Brevity Quotes
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"I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter."(Letter 16, 1657)"
"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."
"It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book."
"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 have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter.", 1657)"
"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."
"I've had orgasms lasting longer than our relationship."
"Fear is the thing that makes the heart grow."
"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!"
"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."
"It's not my accent, but my brevity makes me stylish."
"Life is too short to waste being a productive member of society."
"Quidquid praecipies, esto brevis.(Whatever advice you give, be brief.)"
"Screenwriting is made of brevity."
"The secret to good writing is to use small words for big ideas, not to use big words for small ideas."
"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."
Noah Lukeman, The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile
"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."
"I know you're scared, but doing something even though it scares you is the definition of brave."
"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, in its brevity, much to recommend it."
"A novel is just a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief."
"I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it sho"
"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."