Brevity Quotes
Friedrich Nietzsche
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.
3414 Friedrich Nietzsche
Against the censurers of brevity. - Something said briefly can be the fruit of much long thought: but the reader who is a novice in this field, and has as yet reflected on it not at all, sees in everything said briefly something embryonic, not without censuring the author for having served him up such immature and unripened fare.
3704 Robert Frost
I'd like to get away from earth awhile
And then come back to it and begin over.
May no fate wilfully misunderstand me
And half grant what I wish and snatch me away
Not to return. Earth's the right place for love:
I don't know where it's likely to go better.
2891 George Burns
The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible.
2461 Greg Curtis
The definition of Brevity: That which people believe would be a virtue - in me!
2914 Sol Luckman
Life is too short to waste being a productive member of society.
3495 Abigail Adams
From her character in the HBO miniseries: "The art of politics is the art of applying the seat of the britches to the seat of the chair.
3469 William Shakespeare
My liege, and madam, to expostulate
What majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day, night night, and time is time,
Were nothing but to waste night, day and time.
Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,
And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
I will be brief.
1085 Amit Kalantri
It's not my accent, but my brevity makes me stylish.
1645 Stephen King
Like all sweet dreams, it will be brief, but brevity makes sweetness, doesn't it?
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