Concision Quote by Victor Hugo

Imprecision is tolerable and verisimilar in literature, because we always tend towards it in life.

— Jorge Luis Borges

Be precise in the use of words and expect precision from others

— Peter Abelard

Concision is a technique of propaganda. It ensures you cannot do anything except repeat clichés, the standard doctrine, or sound like a lunatic.

— Noam Chomsky

It is the mark of an educated man to look for precision in each class of things just so far as the nature of…

— Aristotle

“When faced with a choice, ask yourself, “Does this align with my core values?” If it does, do it. If not, don’t, and don’t…

— Darren Hardy

“Clarity of thought will normally produce clarity of style; obscurity of thought will produce obscurity of style.”

— Bernard Lewis

“Precision is a precise art. Poignancy is pre-eminent and precludes prevarication.”

— Steven Erikson

Consistency in opinion is the slow poison of intellectual life, the destroyer of its vividness and energy.

— Humphry Davy

“being mostly correct and decisive typically yields better results than taking the time to figure out what is perfectly correct.”

— Richard Koch

I don't agonize over decisions as much these days. The criteria of what's important to me is clear.

— John Cusack

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction…

— Hosea Ballou

Accuracy is, in every case, advantageous to beauty, and just reasoning to delicate sentiment. In vain would we exalt the one by depreciating the…

— David Hume