Quotes About Conciseness

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.(When I labor to be brief, I become obscure.)

There is no bombast, no similes, flowers, digressions, or unnecessary descriptions. Everything tends directly to the catastrophe.

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

heed Hugh Blair, a very emeritus Edinburgh professor whose advice from 1783 has stood the test of more than two centuries: "Remember . . . every Audience is ready to tire; and the moment they begin to tire, all our Eloquence goes for nothing. A loose and verbose manner never fails to disgust . . . better [to say] too little, than too much.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated." (on the art of public speaking)

The written word Should be clean as bone, Clear as light, Firm as stone. Two words are not As good as one.

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

You can say a lot in a little time, if you stick to words of one syllable.

Ow," I complained. I keep my complaints succinct

Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.

My father gave me these hints on speech-making: Be sincere... be brief... be seated.

He who explains things to an intelligent person need not tire himself out talking.

One word of wisdom is as good as a hundred ordinary words.

The less you say, the more you don't have to apologize.

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.

Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.

For effective communication, use brevity. Jesus said, 'Follow me.' Now that's brief! He could be brief because of all that he was that he didn't have to say.

A movie will do in one second, with one image, what it will take a novelist at least a page to describe.

To me, the most perfect screenplay ever written will be one word, when you finally reduce it down to that. Until then, writing will be an imperfect form of communication.

Be bold. Be fast. Get to the point right away. The best email communication is simple and clear.

Brevity did not mean inconsequence...