What's really important here," I whispered loudly to myself,"is not the big things other people have thought up, but the small things… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Speaking of Twitter, I don't even know if I composed a blog entry in 2009, as I was too busy parceling my… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of… — William Penn Copy Share Image
“I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." ( Letter 16 , 1657)” — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
This is exactly how the World Wide Web works: the HTML files are the pithy description on the paper tape, and your… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
Unrequited love," I'd say. He'd look at me sideways in that cunning way he did and say, "what about it?" and I'd… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. — William Penn Copy Share Image
“The lads I've met in cupid's deadlock Were - shall we say? - born out of wedlock” — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Speech is highly elliptical. It would scarcely be endurable otherwise. Ellipsis is indispensable to the writer or speaker who wants to be… — Bergen Evans Copy Share Image
I do love poop. I can't help it. The heart wants what it wants. I enjoy being clever and pithy and political,… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
There is an old Italian proverb about the nature of translation: "Traddutore, traditore!" This means simply, "Translators-traitors!" Of course, as you can… — Daniel Wallace Copy Share Image
Booker T. Jones sounds more pithy and forceful than ever on “Potato Hole”…Mr. Jones still jabs terse, unhurried melodies that sound as… — Jon Pareles Copy Share Image
If I were called upon to identify briefly the principal trait of the entire 20th century... I would be unable to find… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
The Americans, who are the most efficient people on the earth, have carried [phrase-making] to such a height of perfection and have… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Dictating condolences to the mother of a murdered husband whom you’ve been busily cuckolding for the last three years would take more… — P.D. James Copy Share Image
Mathematicians deal with large numbers sometimes, but never in their income. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Nowadays you have to be a scientist if you want to be a killer.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I stared up at the Erlking, and with my typical pithy brilliance said, "Uh-oh. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
We communicated with pithy, rather monosyllabic thoughts: viz. Run, Jump, Where? Left, Up, Duck, ect. (This latter was an observation I made… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
Quinn Cummings is a master story-teller and her book is nothing short of delightful. Her insights into topics like celebrity, parenting, and… — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
We took a bus to the nearby monastery of one of the last great Tang dynasty Chan masters, Yun-men. Yun-men was known… — Stephen Batchelor Copy Share Image
First, there was Confucius. Then, the sayings of Chairman Mao. And now the pithy, ironic, and humorous insights of Ai Weiwei. I… — Jerome A. Cohen Copy Share Image
