I shall be so brief that I have already finished

I will be sof brief, I have already finished.

— Salvador Dali

“I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dalí, who gave the world's shortest speech. He said, 'I will be so brief…

— Edward O. Wilson

We modern Marxists regard socialism as a historically brief transitional stage between feudalism and capitalism, necessary only in backward countries.

— John McCarthy

If you would be pungent, be brief.

— Robert Southey

“Juxtaposed with the rapid-fire questions, the brief”

— Nabeel Qureshi

I strive to be brief, and become obscure.

— Baltasar Gracian

Man is never always happy, and very often only a brief period of happiness is granted him in this world; so why escape from…

— Frederic Chopin

In my midteens I went through a brief stage of religious fanaticism, but it was very much about just saying prayers and stuff like…

— Robert Crumb

It's terrifying the way molecular biology has become more and more jargon ridden. But I strongly believe that my book can be read by…

— Matt Ridley

Mortality is very brief but immeasurably important.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

I can be working on a collection and a film at the same time. It can take a lot out of me, but the…

— Hussein Chalayan

The interval allowed was only five minutes, at the end of which I resumed the lecture; but so refreshing was the effects of the…

— George Combe

I think a fictional invention grows according to its own development, not the author's. Characters in fiction are not simply as alive as you…

— Cynthia Ozick

People don't want drama 365 days a year. I'm a sense of relief; it's my job to take your mind off what's bad for…

— Kevin Hart

More than simply capturing brief moments in time, MixBit helps people bring stories to life.

— Chad Hurley