To the point Quotes

[S]ince brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.

The best sentence? The shortest.

I shall be so brief that I have already finished.

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.

Long note? Yes. Make it seem short.

Oh, I have now a mania for shortness. Whatever I read - my own or other people's works - it all seems to me not short enough.

If you can't be smart or funny, be brief.

If you would be pungent, be brief.

All pleasantry should be short; and it might even be as well were the serious short also.

It has often been said there’s so much to be read, you never can cram all those words in your head. So the writer who breeds more words than he needs is making a chore for the reader who reads. That's why my belief is the briefer the brief is, the greater the sigh of the reader's relief is. And that's why your books have such power and strength. You publish with shorth! (Shorth is better than length.)

In giving advice I advise you, be short.

Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

With a Q&A, you need obviously to keep it snappy.

Conciseness is underrated

I like being to the point. It is not my nature to talk too much or indulge in loose talk. I like being brief, and beyond a certain point, I have nothing to say.