Best Abridged Quotes

No people can be truly happy ... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences — William Penn

There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary. — Dave Barry

All ... natural rights may be abridged or modified in [their] exercise by law. — Thomas Jefferson

Some of us find our lives abridged even before the paperback comes out. — Berkeley Breathed

If you treat editing like you're making an abridged version of your book, it can help determine what's vital vs what can be cut. — Kira Hawke

At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged. — Charles Babbage

Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. — Alice Paul

When I'm going to see a comedian, I don't want to see them hold back, and when I'm reading a book, I don't want to hear an abridged version. — Kathy Griffin

Every abridgement of a good book is a fool abridged. — Michel De Montaigne

Many a long dispute among divines may be thus abridged: It is so; It is not so. It is so; it is not so. — Benjamin Franklin