Famous brevity quotations

   If any man will draw up his case, and put his name at the foot of the first page, I will give him an immediate reply. Where he compels me to turn over the sheet, he must wait my leisure.  Nice Word by Lord Sandwich

   My great-grandfather used to say to his wife, my great-grandmother, who in turn told her daughter, my grandmother, who repeated it to her daughter, my mother, who used to remind her daughter, my own sister, that to talk well and eloquently was a very great art, but that an equally great one was to know the right moment to stop.  Meaningful Quotation by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Inspirational Sayings, Motivational Quotes, Great Words, Witty Proverbs
   If you can't write your idea on the back of my calling card, you don't have a clear idea.  Good Quote by David Belasco

   A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.  Wise Phrase by William Strunk, Jr., The Elements of Style, 1918

   It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.  Wise Phrase by Robert Southey

   The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.  Famous Saying by Blaise Pascal, translated from French, Lettres Provinciales, XVI, 1656

   The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.  Nice Word by Thomas Jefferson

   Brevity is the soul of lingerie.  Meaningful Quotation by Dorothy Parker

   In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.  Good Quote by Sydney Smith

   Good things, when short, are twice as good.  Wise Phrase by Baltasar Gracian, The Art of Worldly Wisdom

   If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought.  Wise Phrase by Dennis Roth

   If you bring that sentence in for a fitting, I can have it shortened by Wednesday.  Famous Saying by M*A*S*H, Hawkeye, The Gun

   It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what other men say in whole books - what other men do not say in whole books.  Nice Word by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols



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