Make it a short one.

I'll be frank.

But make it short,

Let's cut this ridiculous discussion short.

I'll make it very brief.

Well, we'll try to rush you through quickly.

I shall be brief, sir, Lance Corporal Hartmann...

I will attempt to curb my oratory and make my questions brief.

To cut a long story short, she was convicted at the time.

So, to make a long story short, they came to Canada.

At the risk of seeming tedious, just where did you stash my cash?

And to cut a long story short, here's where I came to.

So to cut the story short, I decided that I had to go back and do it.

To make the story short, here is the coverage of the country.

And to make a long story short looks like I've finally found the schemer.

But, to cut a long story short, I quit school to pursue a career as a cartoonist.

Well, to cut a long story short, they're actually flying right across the ocean.

So, like my mother would say, make a long story short, I just simply said to Johnny, Yes.

Well, I... I suppose I'll find out sooner or later, but just what exactly did you want to see me about?

To make a long story short, I said, So you need me to get back in there?

I know. You demand an apology. Okay, let's cut it short.

And, long story short, again, they've been so successful.

Anyway, so we release this report in July last year.

That's an Englishman asking an Irishman to be succinct.

I have to put things very simply there, sting people into thinking for themselves.

I want to just cut this short. We did this over and over again.

And just to make a long story short first of all, the concept of fairness is not the same as the concept of sameness.

So, to cut a long story short, I went home, went underneath the microscope, and I crushed up a piece of glass, crushed it up.

To make a long story short, the gentleman comes into the office, great suit and tie.

It was just a short call. They weren't exactly gossiping.

So he moved back to the farm, and, long story short, they now have seven acres under cultivation.

This is a crowd that does know what it is, so I'll like just do like the 60 second crib note version. Right?

Long story short, she s on the No Fly List and we might have been followed here by drone.

He said, Long story.

I had fun again, I worked harder and, to cut a long story short, did all the things that took me back up to success.

I would like to speak briefly in response to the remarks made today by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Argentina concerning the Falkland Islands.

It's a long story.

Well, it's, uh, quite a story.

That's a long story.

We must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us.

It's quite a story.

Oh, don't get me started on that.

And to cut a long story short, eight months later we did fill the Chicago Cultural Center's 3,000 square foot gallery.

Here's the shortest speech you ever heard...

We have a saying Brevity is the soul of wit.