Fewer candles flickered. Fewer words were spoken. Fewer…

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 mean, what would I be doing if I couldn't write? But that fortunately hasn't proved to be the case and I can read…

— Christopher Hitchens

Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.

— Sophocles

There is a movement happening, a quiet one. A low-profile, low-resolution revolution. Comprised of writers and dreamers, of guerrilla artists and thought-ninjas. Those with…

— Erin Morgenstern

The more important the emotion is, the fewer words required to express it: Will you go out with me? I think I like you.…

— J. Michael Straczynski

I like shorter jokes. I like fewer words. I think the more ideas there are the, the fewer words there should be.

— Demetri Martin

“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

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

— Adam Grant

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

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

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

— Martin Luther

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

— Voltaire

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

The fewer words a parent uses, the more aurhoritative the parent sounds & the clearer the instruction.

— John Rosemond