Quotes about Conciseness

You don't have to say everything to say something.

As for dialogue, I think it keeps things moving to cut to the chase.

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

The wise are known for their few words.

I think you often say more by saying less. And interestingly enough, I mean, Jesus really set the standard. I mean, he could say more with fewer words than anybody. Most of the parables were less than 250 words. And, boy, did he have some one-liners just packed with truth.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it enough.

Keep the Plan Visually Simple

The written word Should be clean as bone, Clear as light, Firm as stone. Two words are not As good as one. I

Anybody can have ideas—the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper on an idea that ought to be reduced to one glittering paragraph.

My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.

In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness. ( On the Bravery of the English Common Soldiers )

Poetry teaches the enormous force of a few words, and, in proportion to the inspiration, checks loquacity.