Sir Winston Churchill was a master of the English language and greatly appreciated the effectiveness of a carefully-edited work. He was famous for emphasizing the need for brevity in all of his official documents. He had little patience for anyone who could not exercise similar discipline. Once, when evaluating a lengthy report, he remarked, “This…
Sir Winston Churchill was a master of the English language and greatly appreciated the effectiveness of a carefully-edited work. He was famous for emphasizing the need for brevity in all of his official documents.
He had little patience for anyone who could not exercise similar discipline. Once, when evaluating a lengthy report, he remarked, “This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.”
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Agree with our friend Sir WLSC.
Me, too. Once, after reading a particularly long (and unnecessarily so) email, I paragraphed Churchill, saying, “Never before has one person written so much about so little.”
Which prompts me to add “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle the with bs.”
Sorry that should have said baffle them with… But I’m guessing you knew that.
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This speaks for itself. 🙂
Thanks for the reblog!
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