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- books.google.comCharles Leland Sonnichsen - 1992 - 272 pages
Abraham Lincoln shook his head over another long-winded orator and remarked,
"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met."
Presidents always make jokes about Congress but it's hard to beat Lincoln's jest: ... - books.google.comBouwsma, J. L. Craft, Ronald E. Hustwit - 1982 - 277 pages
Windy words. His meaning is compressed. Abraham Lincoln once described a
man in this way: "He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any
man I ever met." This is it in a noodle shell, the kernel of his thought, what
squirrels ... - books.google.comRobert Byrne - 1988 - 460 pages
Diane Johnson 220 He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of
any man I ever met. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 221 If a writer has to rob his
mother he will not hesitate; the Ode On a Grecian Urn is worth any number of old ... - books.google.comRobert Andrews - 1989 - 343 pages
He did not cease while he stayed; nor has he since, that I know of. William Hazlitt
(1778-1830) English essayist ofColeridge He can compress the most words into
the smallest ideas, of any man I ever met. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) ... - books.google.comRobert Byrne - 2002 - 672 pages
220 He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever
met. —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 221 If a writer has to rob his mother he will
not hesitate; the Ode On a Grecian Urn is worth any number of old ladies. - books.google.comMobileReference - 2011 - 2886 pages
As recalled by Rebecca R. Pomroy in Echoes from hospital and White House (
1884), by Anna L. Boyden, p. 61. • He can compress the most words into the
smallest ideas of any man I ever met. ◦ Attributed in Frederick Trevor Hill (1906)
Lincoln ... - books.google.comAlan Wren - 2003 - 415 pages
A Compendium of Project Management Techniques and how to Use Them Alan
Wren. ADVICE FROM FAMOUS WRITERS Is it worth writing? "He can compress
the most words into the smallest ideas of any man 1 have ever met. Abraham ... - books.google.comLeonard, Michaels, Christopher Bruce Ricks - 1980 - 609 pages
Abraham Lincoln said of a fellow lawyer, "He can compress the most words into
the smallest idea of any man I ever met" (Kupferberg, "An Insulting Look at
Lawyers," p. 62). 19. Felix Frankfurter, "Advice to a Young Man Interested in
Going into ... - books.google.comLaurence J. Peter - 1993 - 544 pages
Joseph Conrad (Too tired for words means to listen to any.) He can compress the
most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met. —Abraham Lincoln ( 1
809-1 865 ) The thoughtless are rarely wordless. — Howard W. Newton Colors ... - books.google.comJames D. Reese - 2008 - 252 pages
... at Grand Valley High School, was arranged with desk groupings, so that
clusters of four to six students sat together. ... Jr.; “No Wimpy Verbs”; and “He can
compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met”-Abe
Lincoln.