I like shorter jokes. I like fewer words. I think the more…

I used to do much shorter jokes a lot more.

— Tom Segura

The day you die is just like any other, only shorter.

— Samuel Beckett

I have this theory that the more important and intimate the emotion, the fewer words are required to express it. For instance in dating:…

— J. Michael Straczynski

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

— Martin Luther

Remember likewise there are persons who love fewer words, an inoffensive sort of people, and who deserve some regard, though of too still and…

— Joseph Butler

Brief let me be. The fewer words the better prayer.

— Martin Luther

Men command fewer words than they have ideas to express, and language, as Jean Paul said, is a dictionary of faded metaphors.

— Walter Lippmann

I think you often say more by saying less. And interestingly enough, I mean, Jesus really set the standard. I mean, he could say…

— Mark Batterson

People are writing shorter jokes. The style I've started with was almost trying to keep jokes under 140 characters before Twitter.

— Nick Thune

“The road to success is longer than you'd like, but shorter than you imagine.”

— Tim Fargo

As a listener, I like shorter records, because you can really absorb the songs.

— Samuel Ervin Beam

“Fewer candles flickered. Fewer words were spoken. Fewer breaths were taken.”

— Lorraine Heath

Tweeting has taught me the discipline to say more with fewer words.

— Adam Grant

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.

— Voltaire

“By the time they are 4 years old, children from poor families have heard 32 million fewer words than children with professional parents.”

— Betty Hart