Quotes About Concise

When we feel the poetic thrill, is it not that we find sweep in the concise and depth in the clear, as we might find all the lights of the sea in the water of a jewel? And what is a philosophic thought but such an epitome?

I do see an interest in writing for Twitter.

Twitter is almost novelistic.

Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

A single gnomic line can come to resonate with centuries of subsequent wisdom.

My sentences tend to be very short and rather spare. I'm more your paragraph kind of gal.

Nobody wants to hear long speeches.

We must be brief.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

When I talk about football from a studio standpoint, I try to cut through the minutia and get to the point.

Clarity of writing usually follows clarity of thought. So think what you want to say, then say it as simply as possible.

Omit needless words.

I'm a very direct person just generally. I don't use a lot of words unnecessarily. I try to get to the heart of the issue, address it and go on to the next thing.

AÈ™a cum îmi ap?rea acest peisaj cretan, aveam impresia c? seam?n? cu o proz? bun?: bine lucrat?, schiÈ›at? în puÈ›ine vorbe, f?r? înflorituri inutile, puternic? È™i reÈ›inut?.

I am generally short and sweet—or short and sour, according as it may be and as opinions vary—

Now that is the way to write — peppery and to the point. Mush-and-milk journalism gives me the fan-tods.

A proverb is much light condensed in one flash.

Get to the point. Don't waste the reader's time.

Good blurbs are short, sweet, and limited to six. They answer the question "Why should I buy this book?

O asla sümkürmez. Bir anlat?m biçimi bu:az ve öz.

A proverb is much matter decocted into a few words.

You don't have to be noisy to be effective.

If I write something down, it's normally just a sharp one-liner.

It's not very hard to be clever. It's far harder to be simple, obvious, and meaningful.