Sentences with phrase «pithy words»

And because there was so much overhead involved with sending a letter — folding, enveloping, addressing, stamping, mailing — few bothered to send only a few pithy words.

Over at Critical Condition, the healthcare blog at NRO, I have a few more pithy words on the subject.

Not exact matches

What they meant by this pithy phrase (only two words in Hebrew, zeki bi) was «Put a coin in my hand, and it will be as though you have funded a treasury in heaven.»

All of these world views and the syncretistic Christian combination of them had long been peppered with pithy slogans, golden rules, words of wisdom, etc., which range from Socrates» Know thyself to Christ's If you lose the world, you gain it and on to Nothing in excess and Treat every human as an end in itself.

Her pithy (her word) directions were short but just right.

The word «proverb» in the original Hebrew text is mashal and defined as a parable, prophetic and figurative discourse, symbolic poem, pithy maxim (i.e.a collection of wise metaphors and adages).

They should have a short pithy title, an abstract of no more than 75 words, no more than 75 references, and up to four figures (with figure legends) or tables.

They should have a short pithy title, an abstract of 50 words or fewer, no more than 15 to 20 recent references, and 1 or 2 figures (with figure legends) or tables.

C. S. Lakin presents Words of Advice from Famous Authors That Are Just Wrong posted at Live Write Thrive, saying, «Writers are wont to take advice to heart, especially if such pithy advice comes from a famous author.

I struggled to condense my feelings on the latest World of Warcraft expansion into a short easily readable and pithy blog post so I gave up and decided to write all the words instead.

Still, there's something attractive about a pithy apothegm — if only those words themselves.

Not only does LI have its inherent limitations in story presentation and expansion, it also is not yet the industry standard in transporting a «resume» — Word still is the way to go when emailing a well formatted, content - and design - pithy document.

Presentation Resume: The heartbeat of your executive or professional story, this pithy, content - and design - driven document should be created initially in a Microsoft Word format.

Keep this summary pithy and specific to you — avoid generic buzz words.