Saint Ignatius

Realize that illness and other temporal setbacks often come to us from the hand of God our Lord, and are sent to help us know ourselves better, to free ourselves of the love of created things, and to reflect on the brevity of this life and, thus, to prepare ourselves for the life which is without end.

Spanish Saint

Patricia Marx

One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels at the store. Brevity is very important. If you're going to be longwinded, it should be for a purpose. Not just because you like your words.

American Writer

Walter Pater

With this sense of the splendour of our experience and of its awful brevity, gathering all we are into one desperate effort to see and touch, we shall hardly have time to make theories about the things we see and touch.

English Critic

Kanika Dhillon

In a film we have limited time and space to say what we have to, hence the visual language and brevity needs to be paramount. In a novel, however, we can dissect each thought and emotion and build on it.

Indian Author

Michael Winter

Through an arbitrary problem, I had arrived at a tenet of good writing: brevity wins.

Canadian Writer

Antonio Porchia

Infancy is what is eternal, and the rest, all the rest, is brevity, extreme brevity.

Italian Poet

Hosea Ballou

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

American Clergyman

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Roman Statesman

Edsger Dijkstra

Dutch Scientist

William Shakespeare

English Playwright

Use 'brevity' to describe writing that is to the point, especially valued in academic and professional contexts.

Writing Style

Too much brevity can be confusing. Ensure enough detail is provided for clear understanding.

Avoid Overuse

Brevity often implies a positive quality of not wasting words or time, especially when a quick message is needed.

Positive Connotation

 But most of us don't have the luxury of a captive audience. We're competing against a whole world of distractions and we're fighting for space in an attention span that continues to shrink across generations. So get to the point already. Variety may be the spice of life, but brevity is its bread and butter.

The Power of Simple...

 and not just avatars. And fourth, it became really hard to change our opinions. Because of the speed and brevity of social media, we are forced to jump to conclusions and write sharp opinions in 140 characters