Quotes About Conciseness

Some sarcasm is best told simply.

Când vrei s? spui repede un lucru esenÈ›ial, nu numai c? îl spui dramatic, dar îl spui oarecum ridicol

I'm best in small doses, believe me.

RULE 2. STATE THE UNITY OF THE WHOLE BOOK IN A SINGLE SENTENCE, OR AT MOST A FEW SENTENCES (A SHORT PARAGRAPH).

Any good argument can be put into a nutshell. There

It astonished me later to find how the readers found Warrender's war record so convincing and full when I had said so little – one real war veteran of Burma wrote to say how realistic he found it – but since then I've come to learn for myself how little one needs, in the art of writing, to convey the lot, and how a lot of words, on the other hand, can convey so little.

Why is it that the less one has to say the more one says it in the most pompous and pedantic way possible?... Is it to fool the world or just to fool themselves?

Least said soonest meanded

Simple answers don't hurt.

I've always felt that some of my best lyrics are less than three minutes long, and it's great when you can do that - be succinct and get the message across in a simple, clear idea.

You can't explain much in 60 seconds, but when you show Michael Jordan, you don't have to. It's that simple.

Minimal is the word I'd use to describe how I live and dress, and it's also how I sing. I'm not a big fan of overemoting.

A habilidade mais valiosa é aquela de jamais usar duas palavras quando uma apenas basta.

If it takes more than ten seconds to pitch your content, a television producer will assume you won't be able to get your point of view across to an impatient audience. And a reporter might try to hustle you off the phone. Learn to be brief—in both your written and phone pitches. Brevity is cherished in the media.

Bad writing slows things down; good writing speeds them up.

Take the time to boil down what you want to say, and express it confidently in simple, declarative sentences. Remember the man who apologized for writing such a long letter, explaining that he didn't have time to write a short one.

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.

the urge to bloviate).

Un libro extenso es un gran mal.

You don't have to explain something you haven't said.

No joke will work if you have to furnish a detailed explanation with it.

Just as there are polysyllabic words that say very little, so there are also monosyllabic words of infinite meaning.

Así de sencillo.

The secret of boring people lies in telling them everything.