In laboring to be concise, I become obscure. [Lat., Brevis…

“It's not my accent, but my brevity makes me stylish.”

— Amit Kalantri

This is an extraordinary illustrated collection of Chinese herbsaccompanied by concise and expert comments. Jing-Nuan Wu has succeeded incompiling this most unique and informative…

— Koji Nakanishi

Traditional folk music is about survival of the fittest song just like evolution is about survival of the fittest organism and generally the more…

— John Spiers

Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should…

— William Strunk, Jr

I'm trying to tell the story in the most clear, concise, and truthful way, taking those everyday words and phrases and capturing them in…

— Jay-Z

I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation.

— Patrice Leconte

The rythms of typing favour short, concise sentences, sentences with oral form.

— Marshall McLuhan

In the wake of her indispensable textbook, Janet Burroway now offers a splendid and concise guide to the thorny task of revision. Writers, young…

— Margot Livesey

Cinema is incredibly concise.

— Yann Martel

A drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.

— William Strunk, Jr

The Compound Effect is a must-read book for success seekers. You want to know what it takes? You want to know what to do?…

— John C. Maxwell

A story should, to please, at least seem true, Be apropos, well told, concise, and new: And whenso'er it deviates from these rules, The…

— Benjamin Stillingfleet

What is your Unique Selling Proposition? What makes you different than your competitors? Wrap your advertising message around that USP and communicate it in…

— Lynda Resnick

The Spartan, smiting and spurning the wretched Helot, moves our disgust. But the same Spartan, calmly dressing his hair, and uttering his concise jests,…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

I am moreover inclined to be concise when I reflect on the constant occupation of the citizens in public and private affairs, so that…

— Anonymous