I went through a brief phase YEARS ago of GETTING MEN's HEALTH then I realised there are actually only three ways to do a sit-up and they're just repackaging it endlessly.

To READ the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a SUBJECT has been covered from different POINTS of view, with new ideas advanced - this is far more instructive than to read a brief ACCOUNT of the resolution passed on the MATTER.

Phrenology TAUGHT us that the mind THINKS by means of the brain, is liable to BECOME fatigued by too LONG attention, as the locomotive muscles are by too much walking; and I therefore proposed to them to take a brief rest.

The interval allowed was only FIVE MINUTES, at the end of which I resumed the lecture; but so refreshing was the effects of the BRIEF rest and, above all, the admission of pure air, that during the SECOND HOUR the attention was as completely sustained as during the first.

That fear first created the gods is PERHAPS as true as ANYTHING so brief could be on so great a SUBJECT.

That SEEMS to be the DEFINITION of 'novel' for me: a STORY that hasn't yet DISCOVERED a WAY to be brief.

I sing because it takes, for a BRIEF SECOND, it takes a LITTLE from my PAST, and just in that moment, I'm just happy and I'm glad to be who I am. That's the REASON why.

The plot of 'Stranger THINGS' is so simple that EVEN a BRIEF DESCRIPTION risks spoiling it.

In my BRIEF sojourn in college, my favorite CLASSES were political science because I LOVED the idea of systems we can SET up that benefit society - rules we can put in place that sometimes you run against, sometimes they're PAINFUL, but ultimately they benefit the world.

There is SOMETHING WRONG about the man who WANTS help. There is somewhere a DEEP defect, a want, in brief, a NEED, a crying need, somewhere about that man.

You have to steal TIME to be with family. You will ALWAYS be busy, so just prioritise. I plan outings with my wife Gauri, whether it's a quiet DINNER or a brief vacation.

A 'philosophical dictionary' is not a dictionary of PHILOSOPHY that you use to LOOK up obscure THINKERS or recondite terms. It is a collection of brief and pithy essays on diverse topics, INFORMED by one vision, and usually ARRANGED in alphabetical order.

I'm only a novelist on occasion. Many of my books are made up of BRIEF texts collected together, SHORT STORIES, or else they are books that have an overall structure but are COMPOSED of various texts.

My definition of an executive's job is BRIEF and to the POINT. It is SIMPLY this: GETTING things done through other people.

I did get a LETTER from the SPEAKER of the House urging - enjoining me not to BRIEF Secretary CLINTON, and lots of cards and letters from people about not briefing Mr. TRUMP.