Quotes About Concise

A politician is a man who can be verbose in fewer words than anyone else.

Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable.

Good writing is lean and confident.

I also try to think of ways to articulate the joke more economically.

I think comedies should be short. I don't want to be self-indulgent; I don't want a two-hour comedy.

I am a compulsive and concise shopper.

But I think for me, writing poetry when I was younger really helped me to condense an idea or a story into only so many words, because in a song you really only have three, four minutes to have a complete world in this song, so I think it definitely taught me to be concise.

Let's be honest with one another: almost everything is too long except life, and I know people who wouldn't even concur with that exception.

My sweet spot as a writer and, especially, as an essayist is sub-1500 words.

Give advice only when asked and keep it short!

Keeping it short goes a long way.

Keep it simple.

(The short story) is a form that has all the power of the novel - some would say more - but none of the self-importance.

In phrases as brief as a breath worldly wisdom concentrates.

He was not the type to use three words when two would do.

I'm not a particularly verbose person. I think that's why I like taking pictures... they speak for themselves.

Meredith immersed herself in the novels. For some reason, fiction hit on the meaning of life so much more concisely than real life itself did.

I try to make what I say count.

In three words I can sum up everything I've

He has the gift of compressing the largest amount of words into the smallest amount of thoughts.

Leave out the parts that readers tend to skip.

I try to leave out the parts that people skip.

Speak only what is useful and beneficial.

I've always enjoyed mathematics. It is the most precise and concise way of expressing any idea.