140 character Quote by Rio Ferdinand

I go through the text making sure I haven't used any big words. If I find any fancy adjectives have crept in, I replace…

— Martin Millar

Never use a long word where a short one will do.

— George Orwell

It's not the length of the word; it's how well you use it!

— Rachel Vincent

They write them long because they can't write them short.

— Raymond Chandler

Sometimes the smallest of words can make a huge difference.

— Aqeb Fardeen

Words fall short sometimes.

— Jeff Bridges

It need hardly be said that shortness is a merit in words.

— Henry Watson Fowler

If you have a tool like Twitter that gives everybody the ability to speak, but in 140 characters at a time, it's almost inevitable…

— Zeynep Tufekci

If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out

— George Orwell

Short things are short all over and long things are long all over.

— Jim Harrison

Those who run to long words are mainly the unskillful and tasteless; they confuse pomposity with dignity, flaccidity with ease, and bulk with force.

— Henry Watson Fowler

I know that shorter messages are better in terms of reply rate. The optimal length is something like 50 characters. Characters, not words.

— Christian Rudder