Pithy Quotes

21 Pithy quotes by 20 unique authors

Speaking of Twitter, I don't even know if I composed a blog entry in 2009, as I was too busy parceling my every thought into… — Diablo Cody
Speech is highly elliptical. It would scarcely be endurable otherwise. Ellipsis is indispensable to the writer or speaker who wants to be brief and pithy,… — Bergen Evans
A grave, wherever found, preaches a short and pithy sermon to the soul. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Quinn Cummings is a master story-teller and her book is nothing short of delightful. Her insights into topics like celebrity, parenting, and cats with a… — Jen Lancaster
Booker T. Jones sounds more pithy and forceful than ever on â€œPotato Holeâ€â€¦Mr. Jones still jabs terse, unhurried melodies that sound as if he knows… — Jon Pareles
We took a bus to the nearby monastery of one of the last great Tang dynasty Chan masters, Yun-men. Yun-men was known for his pithy… — Stephen Batchelor
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human… — William Penn
Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory. — Denis Diderot
Work from pithy middle eye out, swimming in language sea. — Jack Kerouac
The Americans, who are the most efficient people on the earth, have carried [phrase-making] to such a height of perfection and have invented so wide… — W. Somerset Maugham
I stared up at the Erlking, and with my typical pithy brilliance said, "Uh-oh. — Jim Butcher
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 reply, "it's not… — Maggie Stiefvater
We communicated with pithy, rather monosyllabic thoughts: viz. Run, Jump, Where? Left, Up, Duck, ect. (This latter was an observation I made on the edge… — Jonathan Stroud
Mathematicians deal with large numbers sometimes, but never in their income. — Isaac Asimov
What's really important here," I whispered loudly to myself,"is not the big things other people have thought up, but the small things you, yourself have — Haruki Murakami
Whatever the practical value of the Walden experiment may be, there is no question that the book is one of the most vital and pithy… — Edward Carpenter
What? Nothing to say? No pithy wisdom? No lofty moral judgments? — KE-PA
This piece was cogent, well-wrtetin, and pithy. — Sewana
Very valid, pithy, succicnt, and on point. WD. — Unknown Author
Very valid, pithy, sucicnct, and on point. WD. — Romby

Who Wrote These Pithy Quotes

20 authors contributed a total of 21 Pithy Quotes as follows: