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And briefly and succinctly, he put Miss Marple's theory of the crime before the doctor, ending up with her final suggestion.
— Agatha Christie
He reflected briefly that someone up there was watching over him. 'Thanks a lot,' he said bitterly.
— Terry Pratchett
Let me go," I said, my gaze dropping to his hand, holding the hem of my jacket. He closed his eyes briefly. "I don't know how," he whispered. — Claire Contreras
People who can speak well, speak briefly.
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Nicholas wondered briefly if it was his destiny to be surrounded by women possessing varying degrees of murderous intent.
— Alexandra Bracken
The memory became only a briefly noted thought, analytical rather than emotional.
— Maggie Stiefvater
Over the course of human history, many items have briefly flourished as means of exchange, only to be demonetarized. Now, we have demonetarized money.
— Markham Shaw Pyle
Some people we glimpse as chasms, briefly but deeply, even to the death of us. Others are shallow places you never seem to get across.
— Denis Johnson
A device in the arm of his chair made an obscene noise. The murals on the chair suggested disturbing things being done to some briefly unlucky beings.
— Christina Engela
It was as if we'd pressed ourselves together until his bones passed through mine and we were the same person, ever so briefly.
— Paula McLain
Two ghosts, briefly rescued from oblivion; a small act of reclamation, a chance to make amends.-Paul Murray, SKIPPY DIES — Paul Murray
I have a B.A. in Spanish, so briefly I thought that somebody might pay me to speak Spanish badly in another country, like Norway.
— Karen Russell
The more a subject is understood, the more briefly it may be explained.
— Thomas Jefferson
For grace may only be found briefly, and always in the midst of madness.
— Catherynne M Valente
The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
— Samuel Butler
The Law of Triviality ... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
— C. Northcote Parkinson
I was briefly bitter.
— Margot Kidder
Briefly he has lived in a dream more real than all his miserable life.
— James Tiptree Jr.
I remember trying steroids very briefly in the 1989 -1990 off season, and then after I was injured in 1993, I used steroids again.
— Mark McGwire
We are far more revealing by the questions we ask than the answers we give. Answer briefly to sense where their questions are heading.
— Kare Anderson
The terrorist attacks of 9/11 briefly disrupted celebrations of a world globalised by capital and consumption.
— Pankaj Mishra
Speak briefly and to the point.
— Cato The Younger
When I leap, I briefly see the world as it is and as it should be.
— Cornelius Eady
Do stop flirting with my husband," said Tessa."I shall not," Magnus declared, "but I will pause briefly so that I may catch up on your news. — Cassandra Clare
![Briefly Quotes By Bob Woodward: Bob and I [Carl Bernstein]embraced and held each](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/briefly-quotes-by-bob-woodward-1095350.jpg "Briefly Quotes By Bob Woodward: Bob and I [Carl Bernstein]embraced and held each")
Bob and I [Carl Bernstein]embraced and held each other briefly. There was a whole lifetime of emotions and journalism in this moment.
— Bob Woodward
When I fuck you, Mr. Day, it will not be briefly. It will be long and hard and extremely thorough. I'm going to take pains with you.
— K.J. Charles
Summoning those memories was like touching a burning pot. She could do it only briefly before she had to pull away.
— Stephanie Perkins
She wondered, briefly, if she was beautiful, decided she was and blew a kiss to her reflection
— Kerry Greenwood
I'm an economist by training. I don't really work as an economist. I only worked briefly as an economist.
— Ben Stein
Briefly, to program it requires an absolute understanding of how all 65,536 processors are interconnected.
— Philip Emeagwali
Saige, Mother is ... " I briefly close my eyes and swallow, clearing my mouth from saliva. "Mother is dead.
— Jada Berglund
She briefly wished she did have some sort of magic so she could shoot a bolt of lightning through his head.
— Marissa Meyer
When migraines briefly became a campaign issue for me, it appeared that political foes were maybe playing the gender card.
— Michele Bachmann
He was, albeit only briefly, the hero of the world's hopes.
— David Cannadine
There are things that don't deserve to be said briefly.
— Jean Rostand
When we had the 'flash crash' in 2010, where the price of some stocks briefly fell to zero, high-frequency trading played a big role in that event.
— Brad Katsuyama
Before leaving, I met them briefly. Thad and Ruben were among them. Then there was Annar, Orion, Stephan (pronounced Steh-fawn),
— Kristen Ashley
This mountain, the arched back of the earth risen before us, it made me feel humble, like a beggar, just lucky to be here at all, even briefly.
— Bridget Asher
Briefly, I was a journalist in my twenties, although not a very good one. I didn't quite grasp the whole concept of accuracy.
— Jennifer Finney Boylan
We were talking briefly about cocaine ... yeah. Anything that makes you paranoid and impotent, give me more of that!
— Robin Williams
I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists.
— William Gibson
Mori looked across and was, briefly, a languageless, inhuman thing rescued from the sea and asked for an impious favour.
— Natasha Pulley
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[The Psalms are] a Little Bible, wherein everything contained in the entire Bible is beautifully and briefly comprehended.
— Martin Luther
I worked at a law firm in New York very briefly.
— Peter Thiel
And I love you too." His fingers skate the edge of my jaw, dance brieflyover my lips. "You should know that. You have to know that. — Lauren Oliver
And what do you know of love?""That it must be a choice."
"Oh, my naive thief. " I pause briefly to meet his gaze. "Love is rarely a choice. — Jessica Khoury
Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
— H.L. Mencken
August briefly tried that on for size. Wondered if he longed for summer because summer made it so much easier to breathe.
— Catherine Ryan Hyde
Sheep can befriend a hungry wolf only for briefly.
— Jim Butcher
Running removes us briefly from the fragmentation and depersonalization of the digital world
— Amby Burfoot
I've never lost perspective on who I am. Well, maybe briefly, but generally I'm pretty balanced.
— Sting
I love Chicago. I lived there briefly for three months and kept a boat under one of those space-age buildings. It was very Jetsons.
— Candace Bushnell
We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty.
— Mignon McLaughlin
Money not spent on a luxury one considered even briefly is the equivalent of windfall income and should be spent accordingly.
— Calvin Trillin
The tongue of the adder, visible only briefly, is a small matter.
— L.E. Modesitt Jr.
I'll see you later, he says, and as he does, he runs his finger briefly over my wrist. It passes over me like air, and makes me shiver like a kiss.
— David Levithan
Life is like a comet that briefly crosses the night sky without almost being noticed
— Bangambiki Habyarimana
I attempted briefly to consecrate myself in the public library, believing every crack in my soul could be chinked with a book.
— Barbara Kingsolver
She was irritated, briefly, by the thought that she might be becoming more mature. Why should she become a better person when no one else did?
— Sophie Hannah
I am a sassenach, after all," I said, seeing it. He touched my face briefly with a rueful smile. "Aye, mo duinne. But you're my sassenach.
— Diana Gabaldon
Once upon a time we were briefly friends with benefits. Now we're just friends at a benefit.
— Sarina Bowen
I felt bad when George Bush was booed. But only briefly. My sympathy for that man has a half-life of about four seconds.
— Dick Cavett
Give not advice without being asked, and when desired, do it briefly.
— George Washington
The scientific truth may be put quite briefly; eat moderately, having an ordinary mixed diet, and don't worry.
— Sir Robert Hutchison, 1st Baronet
I've sold a lot of different product. Very briefly, I sold Time Life Books on the phone.
— Andy Kindler
He was a part of my life, however brieflya happy part. — Emily Hainsworth
Captain Leonard introduced me briefly to Mr. Overholt, the
— Diana Gabaldon
He wondered briefly if she always got people to do her bidding just by looking at them.
— E.J. Fisch
In reverent pauses, when we slow down and think about the gift of life, we may briefly touch humility.
— Bryant McGill
If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is 'the quiet acceptance of what is'.
— Wayne Dyer
Human beings, little bags of thinking water held up briefly by fragile accumulations of calcium ...
— Terry Pratchett
They're girls," she replied briefly. "They were born in danger and will live their lives in that condition, regardless of circumstance.
— Diana Gabaldon
Bein' cooped up indoors. The little finger waggled briefly.
— Diana Gabaldon
Clary looked at Jace closely, trying to read his face. It was like a book written in a foreign language that she'd studies all too briefly.
— Cassandra Clare
