I am a man of few words, but many riddles.

Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.

— Viggo Mortensen

He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most…

— Washington Irving

I'd like to say a few words about one of the most popular concepts in the modern education--show and tell. Show and Tell is…

— Robert Orben

... mathematics is very much like poetry ... what makes a good poem -- a great poem -- is that there is a large…

— Lipman Bers

Conversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions and guiles,…

— Jack Vance

I don't find myself interesting as a person and the details I find boring, quite frankly. You could sum it up in a few…

— Peter Ackroyd

The question may seem embarrassing, but it can be answered in a few words. For two people to live in peace they must both…

— Errico Malatesta

The main characteristic of Nature's farming can therefore be summed up in a few words. Mother earth never attempts to farm without live stock;…

— Anonymous

When I was a young kid, my dad, a man of few words, told my brother and me, "Boys, Christmas is about Jesus." I…

— Max Lucado

Every parent who has ever said a few words over a goldfish in a toilet bowl or felt the numbness of an unexpected diagnosis…

— Lori Borgman

Enough. These few words are enough If not these few words, this breath If not this breath, this sitting here This opening to the…

— David Whyte

The most basic barrier was language itself, very few Americans in Iraq whether soldiers or diplomats or news paper reporters could speak more than…

— Dexter Filkins

On a few words of what is real in the world I nourish myself. I defend myself against Whatever remains.

— Wallace Stevens

You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of…

— Dale Carnegie

Essayists must not only be succinct but have original ideas and, even harder to come by, or to fake, likable voices. Consciously or not,…

— Cyra McFadden