Richard Brinsley Sheridan Quotes

To say more, is to say less.

Less is almost always better than more. Short words, short sentences, short speeches.

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Be brief. Above all things be brief.

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

Always say less than necessary.

I say what I need to, not a whole lot more.

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

To say more while saying less is the secret of being simple.

For effective communication, use brevity. Jesus said, 'Follow me.' Now that's brief! He could be brief because of all that he was that he didn't have to say.

I want to say less, and it's easier to say less.

My stories are very compact. I want them to say the most complex things in the simplest way.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

Minimalism has a connotation of being reductive, and not in the best way. 'Brevetist' is a better term. I'm trying to be as concise as possible and still getting across to the reader. When information is delivered in that way, it is very satisfying to me.

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing.

Say what you have to say in the fewest possible words.

But the shortest works are always the best.

I believe most things can be said in a few lines.

I'm an enemy of exposition. I feel there's no need to overstate.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

Directing my own writing, I see that I talk way too much, and everything can happen much sooner, with much less said about it.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.

Say only a little but say it well.