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• There is truth behind these quotes: My favorite:
  If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought. -Dennis Roth

• "Brevity is the soul of wit." -William Shakespeare in Hamlet

• Hi Shawn,

  All entries about brevity are superb!

  Thanks for continuously sharing

• these are very true I wish people aimed more for brevity rather than going on and on. Absolutely love this one "Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much." -John Wayne

• Hello Shawn, great words create great thoughts as it happens to be in these quotes.

  Sometimes we just need a few words to capture a special moment yet other times no amount of words is ever too much. There are so many unique circumstances that words are used to create or capture amazing moments in time, place or life. Since we are all different in our likes and dislikes what captivates one persons may be completely boring to another. We are very fortunate to have so much variety to choose from.

  Writing isn’t about words, it’s about recreating ideas:
  With good writing we hear the author’s voice, not our own thoughts deciphering their message. The ideal of communicating raw ideas appears in programming, design, art and even humour (”Brevity is the soul of wit”).

  It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. ~Robert Southey

  Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,
  And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,
  I will be brief.
  ~William Shakespeare, Hamlet

  My great-grandfather used to say to his wife, my great-grandmother, who in turn told her daughter, my grandmother, who repeated it to her daughter, my mother, who used to remind her daughter, my own sister, that to talk well and eloquently was a very great art, but that an equally great one was to know the right moment to stop. ~Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  Enjoy your day!