It is not a great Xerxes army of words, but a compact Greek ten thousand that march safely down to posterity. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Even in our best shape we are a brittle piece of mortality. Your life is a breath, don't waste it. — LeCrae Copy Share Image
Brevity may be the soul of wit, but not when someone's saying "I love you. — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
“The present life of man upon earth, O King, seems to me in comparison with that time which is unknown to us… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“The story of a life can be as long or as short as the teller wishes. Whether the life is tragic or… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
“Lycurgus, who ordered that a great piece of money should be but of an inconsiderable value, on the contrary would allow no… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“Flowers remind me of the beauty and brevity of life. They teach patience as you await some to bloom, enhancing their beauty.… — Sanjo Jendayi Copy Share Image
... if variations useful to any organic being do occur, assuredly individuals thus characterized will have the best chance of being perserved… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
youth, balancing itself upon hope, is forever in extremes: its expectations are continually aroused only to be baffled, and disappointment, like a… — Letitia Elizabeth Landon Copy Share Image
I'm a Ford, not a Lincoln. My addresses will never be as eloquent as Mr. Lincoln's. But I will do my very… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
Folk melodies are the embodiment of an artistic perfection of the highest order; in fact, they are models of the way in… — Bela Bartok Copy Share Image
I confess to wincing every so often at a poorly chosen word, a mangled sentence, an expression of emotion that seems indulgent… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The trick to writing an aphorism is to place a period at the point where you're inclined to say, "in other words.... — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels at the store. Brevity is… — Patricia Marx Copy Share Image
I take six or seven years to write really small books. There is a kind of aesthetic of leanness, of brevity. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story. — Annie Proulx Copy Share Image
"What is the greatest surprise you have found about life?" a university student asked me several years ago. "The brevity of it,"… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
A good short story is a work of art which daunts us in proportion to its brevity.... No inspiration is too noble… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Copy Share Image
If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought. — Dennis Roch Copy Share Image
Honorable Senators: My sincerest thanks I offer you. Conserve the firm foundations of our institutions. Do your work with the spirit of… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
