Spartans, stoics, heroes, saints and gods use short and positive speech. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)

If you bring that sentence in for a fitting, I can have it shortened by Wednesday. (Quote by - M*A*S*H, Hawkeye)

I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short. (Quote by - Blaise Pascal)

A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. (Quote by - William Strunk)