Quotes About Brevity

To say more while saying less is the secret of being simple.

All well-written e-mails are basically very short and to-the-point.Shakespeare had said it most appropriately centuries ago "Brevity is soul of the wit"; which applies to e-mails of 21st century perfectly. In my view, the secret of a good e-mail is that it has a good beginning as well as a good ending, with both being pretty close to each other.

It is not fit to spin out history with petty details.

If you can't explain something in a few words, try fewer.

We want our code to be a quick skim, not an intense study.

Quit drawing out the story

The illusion of time lying, he knew, was to make people think life could have more in it than it actually could. Actually, time flying could make human lives seem victorious over time itself. Time flew so fast in ways it failed to make an impact. People's lives ell between its stabbing powers like insects between raindrops. We cheat the power of time with our very brevity! he said aloud to Bekka, feeling confident she would understand, but she only just kept petting the cats.

And the regulatory agencies are not stingy with their words either. Consider this: The Lord's Prayer contains 56 words; the Gettysburg Address, 266; the Ten Commandments, 297; the Declaration of Independence, 300; and a recent U.S. government order setting the price of cabbage, 26,911.

Many things prevent knowledge, including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

For a minute there it was really good. It was really, really good. Wasn't it good? Maybe really, really good things aren't meant to last for too long; maybe that's what makes them all the more sweet, the temporariness of them.

Maybe really, really good things aren't meant to last for long; maybe that's what makes them all the more sweet, the temporariness of them.

Maybe really, really good things aren't meant to last for too long; maybe that's what makes them all the more sweet, the temporariness of them.

If one day equaled the age of the universe, all of recorded history would be no more than ten seconds.

compose memoranda with brevity and limit their length to one page or less. "It is slothful not to compress your thoughts," he said.

aerodrome" but, rather, "airfield"; not "aeroplane" but "aircraft." Churchill was particularly insistent that ministers compose memoranda with brevity and limit their length to one page or less. "It is slothful not to compress your thoughts," he said. Such precise and demanding communication installed at all levels a new sense of responsibility for events, and dispelled the fustiness of routine ministerial work.

it wasn't by accident that the Gettysburg address was so short.

In an age that valued prolonged and detailed exposition, complexity, and repetition it was astonishing that Luther should have instinctively discerned the value of brevity.

I'm an enemy of exposition. I feel there's no need to overstate.

We here a blink of an eye, even if we make it 75, 80 years, you still here a blink of an eye. Enjoy it.

the time he spent on Saturday morning, crafting a response to Al's latest text message on the subject. He finally chose brevity over further argument: Haven't changed my mind, but no hard feelings or bitterness this end. Hope all goes well & let's get a beer when you're next in town.

If I would have had more time, I'd have written you a shorter letter.

played across her face. "It's like that famous quote, 'If I would have had more time, I'd have written you a shorter letter.

The greatest surprise in life to me is the brevity of life.