(132 quotes found)
“I shall be so brief that I have already finished”
Salvador Dalí
“We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.”
Cullen Hightower
“Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief”
William Shakespeare
“Man, proud man, dressed in a little brief authority, like an angry ape, play such fantastic tricks before high heaven as make the angels weep”
“There is a brief moment when all there is in a man's mind and soul and spirit is reflected through his eyes, his hands, his attitude. This is the moment to record.”
Yousuf Karsh
“This is going to be like the 'Bridges of Madison Avenue', a very brief affair I'll write about in sappy letters to my grandchildren.”
Sarah Jessica Parker
“The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human life; you have much in little; they save time in speaking; and upon occasion may be the fullest and safest answer.”
William Penn
“The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.”
Walter Savage Landor
“The White House is giving George W. Bush intelligence briefings. You know, some of these jokes just write themselves.”
David Letterman
“No profit grows where no pleasure is taken; In brief, sir, study what you most affect”
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