He also had a knack for pithy sayings and is credited with the remark, "Don't just do something, stand there" – a 60s reminder of the need for political thought as well as action.
The designer Michael Kors has a talent for pithy enunciations of where fashion is at.
Shorthand is essential in television, and Mr. Wright displays a facility for pithy description in person and on the page.
He also seems to be developing other Jobs-like traits, including a penchant for pithy put-downs.
His gift for pithy, straightforward expression could not be further from the ornate vacuity of official Vatican speak.
He has a genius for pithy formulations and a consistent theme: The solutions to everything are obvious if only the idiots would get out of my way.
But it seems that certain New Jersey politicians do not need such pithy advice, since they usually say exactly what they mean.
(Chinen) ★ Roy Hargrove Quintet / The Badwagon (Friday) Roy Hargrove, an often dazzling trumpeter with a knack for pithy soul, headlines this free Celebrate Brooklyn! show with his ace postbop quintet.
Twitter offers limited space with only enough room for pithy aphorisms and trite homilies.
A lawsuit appeal text needs a pithy format without a detailed description of the facts.
