Babble

Many people tell me that they like sermons that are short and to the point.  They don't like priests to babble on in the pulpit.  So why should God be any different when these same people pray?  God may very well like prayer to be brief and to the point.  Contemplatives don't really need any words.  It seems that many people like to use lots of words in their prayers, but don't want lots of words in sermons.   Hypocrites?