(The Times piece summed up the attorney's perspective succinctly: "Ms. Clark talked about the personal toll the case had taken. 'It's ruined my life,' she said, laughing disarmingly").
When we talk about a DJ "killing it" or "smashing it" or "destroying it", as Hunee puts it so succinctly, we're actually talking about trying to match experience to language and finding it, as we've always done, a near impossibility.
"He's the kind of person you meet in life who doesn't always write a great memo or always talk succinctly, but he's intuitive," Mr. Nakahara said.
Or, to put it more succinctly: I can talk smack about my momma, but you can't talk smack about my momma.
Once he had secured it, he hit his stride and began to outline his talking points more succinctly.
Longtime strategist James Carville may have summarized the talking point most succinctly when he told CNN's "State of the Union" that "Ronald Reagan's big tent just collapsed in upstate New York".
Being quiet doesn't mean not talking — it means using words succinctly, asking interesting questions, and making solid points worth talking about.
As usual, Ms. Dowd very succinctly boils it down to one catch phrase: "He needs to quit talking about 9/11 and dial 911".
One twentieth-century translator of the Histories put it succinctly: "Herodotus's prose has the flexibility, ease and grace of a man superbly talking".
An estimated 74% of Americans now use emojis every day, nudging the written word to the side in favor of a medium that can succinctly and playfully convey emotions in a society often more adept at texting than talking. .
Talking to strangers can be uncomfortable, but the ability to speak positively and succinctly about your accomplishments can go a long way.
