Quotes About Briefness

He who can properly summarize many ideas in a brief statement, is a wise man.

I like short records in general that you can swallow in one sitting.

Brevity in writing is the best insurance for its perusal.

Only for a few moments, my dear. Only for a few moments.

Doesn't everything," he says, "die at last and too soon?

If you have to go back and spell-check the text you're about to send, you're saying too much.

Life was a sorrowful throb of this Matter teaching it anguish, Teaching it hope and desire trod out too soon in the mire, Life the frail joy that regrets its briefness, life the long sorrow.

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

Life is short, and certainty never happens.

I like being to the point. It is not my nature to talk too much or indulge in loose talk. I like being brief, and beyond a certain point, I have nothing to say.

Life was a sorrowful throb of this Matter teaching it anguish, Teaching it hope and desire trod out too soon in the mire, Life the frail joy that regrets its briefness, life the long sorrow.

You may get a large amount of truth into a brief space.

There are some situations in life that are simply not funny, and there's nothing funny about them, but they're rare, and they don't last all that long.

Be sincere, Be brief, Be seated.

I'm best in small doses, believe me.

Human life is short, we don't exist all that much. A pale brief flicker in the dark.

They learned to have a very high opinion of God and a very low opinion of His works—although they could tell you that this world had been made by God Himself. What they didn't see was that it is beautiful, and that some of the greatest beauties are the briefest.

Quedaban sólo escasos períodos de amos, que se hacían muy breves. Eran Islotes en los cuales atracaban un momento, para luego adentrarse de nuevo en el mar de la hostilidad latente, expresada en el alejamiento mutuo en que vivían

To put it briefly, the secret is to put it briefly. But you always think that's what you're doing, until experience teaches you that you aren't being brief enough.

Whatever advice you give, be brief.

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

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

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

Be sincere; be brief; be seated.