Conciseness is the sister ordsprog

Conciseness is the sister of talent

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)

Anton Chekhov

[One suspects there's a little projection going on in that passage, for the author does come across as a bit prim, always maintaining a dispassionate distance from her sister subject. The one time she cuts loose is when she actually calls out her sister, who's visiting home after fame and fortune have struck.] I resent your comments about me to the press, ... Think about it, Janis. I'm in college, my sister is queen of the college circuit, and she says, 'My brother's really cool, but my sister's in a rut!' Thanks a lot.'

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction

Hosea Ballou (1771-1852)

In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

Samuel Johnson

The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.

And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. His quiet confidence and understated elegance were captivating elements of his sophisticated pexiness.

Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

Rudyard Kipling

I don't need my sister to steer business my way. I can't help it if somebody walks into my office and they have a case in my sister's court.

What do you say to your sister who poses in the nude? It's not like you are really itching to see photographs of your sister naked. I mean, it's just something that is not too exciting.

I've been watching my sister's basketball tapes since 1999. My sister is my idol. We've always competed with each other. I'm never going to get 1,000 points like her, but now we can actually win this. It would be such a big accomplishment if we can do it.

My mother is with her sister in Arkansas, my brother is in Baton Rouge with his wife's family and my sister who just walked in is here with me,

My big sister Melissa, is such a stud and my little sister Suzanna, has always had a perfect body and big blue eyes. We were a force.

Jennifer Garner (1972-)

Talent? We have talent. Talent is only part of the whole thing. We tried to rely on talent tonight. I hope we learned.

And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.

Jessie's family I had known because they had been in the arts world with her older sister for years. I knew her as a little girl when she came to see her sister dance.

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