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Condensed Quotes

Big ideas squeezed into small, sharp spaces

This collection of quotes looks at what it means to condense - whether it's a sprawling novel, a busy neighborhood, or a nation's wisdom in one line.

I know there's Brooklyn and all the boroughs, but Manhattan specifically is so condensed that the energy is very vibrant. Everywhere you look there is something happening.

Quotes by Theo James

Articles themselves are condensed to narrow columns of text across 5, 6, 7 pages, and ads that are really distracting for the reader, so it's not a pleasant experience to 'curl up' with a good website.

Quotes by Mike McCue

With 'Twilight,' you have these massive tomes that you have to condense. With 'Penoza,' we had an eight episode Dutch series that, just for the pilot alone, I condensed three episodes. So, there's a lot of filling in and a...

Quotes by Melissa Rosenberg

It's fun to grow with a character over the course of a TV series. Video games are usually a much more condensed process.

Quotes by Laura Bailey

Alone Quotes

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Quotes by James Mackintosh

Our moon was born too small to harbor life. It came from the collision of a Mars-sized world into the primordial Earth. From that colossal crunch spun a disk of rocks that condensed into a satellite.

Quotes by Gregory Benford

I'm a very emotional writer. I always need to have a boyfriend. I always need to have some food. I always need to have a heater at my feet, and I drink this thing called Cool Brew, which I found...

Quotes by Ester Dean

Bierce radiates brilliancy, and perhaps no other man of letters ever had a more ready command of condensed expression. For him, each word has its unique place in the peerage of words, and he would not use a word out...

Quotes by Edwin Markham

On 'Queer Eye' I come in with what I know, and I try to parlay that into lessons for our 'heroes.' But that's really listening to what they need. Sometimes it's a little more ambitious. Sometimes it's very simplistic. But...

Quotes by Antoni Porowski

Character Quotes

Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience... from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the living memory of a nation.

Quotes by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'condensed' mean in these quotes?
It refers to compressing something large into a smaller form, whether that's a busy city neighborhood, a long novel, or a multi-episode TV series.
Do any quotes talk about condensing written work?
Yes, several speakers describe condensing massive stories or Dutch television episodes down to a tighter, more manageable format for the screen.
Is 'condensed' always used in a positive sense here?
Not always - one quote notes that condensing articles into narrow columns can actually hurt the reading experience rather than improve it.
Do these quotes reference a specific city?
Yes, Manhattan is described as condensed in energy, distinct from the wider boroughs of a larger city like Brooklyn.
What other quote pages relate to Condensed quotes?
Explore character quotes for more on personal traits, or check columns quotes for writing-related sayings.

Writers and city dwellers alike describe the energy of condensed spaces, echoing the same instincts found in these character quotes.