Concise Quotes

40 quotes by 39 authors

• 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
• For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent. — Alfred Nobel
• Arizona, our beautiful state, was built on mining. Copper is huge here, and now uranium. And then we have the federal government coming in, writing… — Jan Brewer
• A good writer should be able to write comedic work that made you laugh, and scary stuff that made you scared, and fantasy or science… — Neil Gaiman
• God has stated in clear and concise language how He created the universe and we ought not to doubt His Word. — Walter Lang
• A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
• I am fairly concise when I work and I work quickly because I think work is done better in a high gear than done our… — Twyla Tharp
• I do not love; I do not love anybody except myself. That is a rather shocking thing to admit. I have none of the selfless… — Sylvia Plath
• Sorry,” she said, “I got out as fast as I could, but I had to stay and socialize. Protocol, you know.” “Explain protocol,” Nell said.… — Neal Stephenson
• The Spartan, smiting and spurning the wretched Helot, moves our disgust. But the same Spartan, calmly dressing his hair, and uttering his concise jests, on… — Thomas B. Macaulay
• What is your Unique Selling Proposition? What makes you different than your competitors? Wrap your advertising message around that USP and communicate it in a… — Lynda Resnick
• There are writers who pour out words, concepts that sound really important but that basically say nothing. I always tried to be as concise as… — Chespirito
• Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have… — William Strunk, Jr.
• In labouring to be concise, I become obscure. — Horace
• Cinema is incredibly concise. — Yann Martel
• Afterism (n) - A concise, clever statement you don't think of until too late. — John Alexander Thom
• When speaking, you need to be clear and concise. Speak on important matters directly and do not waste time with long drawn out stories that… — DrAnil Kr Sinha
• Holy concise data btaamn. Lol! — Wednesday
• I have a talent for silence and brevity. I can keep silent when it seems best to do so, and when I speak I can,… — Rutherford Birchard Hayes

Who Wrote These Concise Quotes

39 authors contributed a total of 40 Concise Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 2 Concise Quotes by William Strunk, Jr.
• 1 Concise Quote by Cherie Priest
• 1 Concise Quote by Bob Proctor
• 1 Concise Quote by Thomas Paine
• 1 Concise Quote by Adolph Ochs
• 1 Concise Quote by James Alexander Thom
• 1 Concise Quote by William Hazlitt
• 1 Concise Quote by Patrice Leconte
• 1 Concise Quote by Marshall McLuhan
• 1 Concise Quote by Alfred Nobel
• 1 Concise Quote by Jan Brewer
• 1 Concise Quote by Neil Gaiman
• 1 Concise Quote by Walter Lang
• 1 Concise Quote by Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
• 1 Concise Quote by Twyla Tharp
• 1 Concise Quote by Sylvia Plath
• 1 Concise Quote by Neal Stephenson
• 1 Concise Quote by Thomas B. Macaulay
• 1 Concise Quote by Lynda Resnick
• 1 Concise Quote by P.J. O'Rourke
• 1 Concise Quote by Chespirito
• 1 Concise Quote by Jack Valenti
• 1 Concise Quote by Horace
• 1 Concise Quote by Margot Livesey
• 1 Concise Quote by Yann Martel