Being briefed only once is a quaint defense. You're either briefed or not briefed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.
When you file an amicus brief, and you represent a state, the court reads your brief. It is a powerful position to make the legal assault from.
Anytime you open your mouth there's going to be someone who's put off. I try to deal with that by keeping the topical portions of my show brief. I realize that some people wish my comments were briefer.
I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the world's shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I have already finished, and he sat down.
I came up professionally as a lawyer, and when you're a lawyer, writing a 50-page brief in one night is just another day at the office. You learn to make choices really quickly, and you learn how to get thoughts down very quickly.
The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime.
Attention spans are short. Like, eight seconds short. That's why it's necessary to grab people's attention immediately.
The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution.
This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.
I have not been briefed.