Brevity Quotes

“I have been, and still am, a great admirer of brevity in speech.”

“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.”

“The secret of a good speech is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible.”

“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.”

“If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the more they burn.”

“Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.”

“There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.”

“If you get a standing ovation, you've spoken too long.”

“Life is once, forever.”

“The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good end, and to have the two as close together as possible.”

“Get in, get out. Don't linger. Go on.”

“The secret of being tiresome is to tell everything.”

“A great lyric is a story packed in a nutshell.”

“The fewer the words, the better the prayer.”

“If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.”

“I have made this letter longer than usual because I have not had the time to make it shorter.”

“A big book is a big evil.”

“Yup.”

“The way to be a bore is to say everything.”

“The good thing about a movie is that you can get out of it in 2 hours and go on with your life.”