A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.
I don't think Batman should spend a whole movie yapping, you know? He should choose his words carefully and speak low.
Men who have much to say use the fewest words.
If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare.
When the long bygone Lee Po wanted to say something, he could do it with only a few words.
[S]ince brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.
Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
Do not put cleverness in front of the communication.
It does not require many words to speak the truth.
Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret.
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.
Hank Cochran was a man of very few words, but certainly the words that he chose were the right ones to use.
The pressure isn't on my brain, but on my mouth. I realized Sam Malone said very little, he spoke in little sentences. Which is much more comfortable for me for some reason.
Say it clear, and it will be beautiful.
As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
My father always said that too many words cheapened the value of a man's speech.
You don't have to say everything to say something.
A rule to live by: I won't use anything I can't explain in five minutes.
It's better to say nothing than spend 1,000 words or an hour speech saying nothing. Get to the point.
He who talks much cannot always talk well. [It., Chi parla troppo non puo parlar sempre bene.]
Always say less than you think you need. Inject some space into the conversation.
You can say a lot in a little time, if you stick to words of one syllable.
There are two kinds of speeches: the Mother Hubbard speech, which, like the garment, covers everything but touches nothing, and the French bathing suit speech, which covers only the essential points.
There is literally no such thing as an idea that cannot be expressed well and articulately to today's voters in 30 seconds.
