I strive to be brief, and I become obscure. – Horace
The fewer the words, the better the prayer. – Martin Luther
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a whole book. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Brevity is the soul of wit, and tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes. – William Shakespeare
If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. – Robert Southey
I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the worlds shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I have already finished, and he sat down. – Edward O. Wilson
