People tend to overuse any idea or concept that delivers…

“Overuse at best is needless clutter; at worst, it creates the impression that the characters are overacting, emoting like silent film stars. Still, an…

— Howard Mittelmark

The words I overuse are all adverbs.

— Sam Shepard

I take things that are worn out through overuse, that have become cliches - like the shed, a traditional place of rest and retreat…

— Cornelia Parker

I want my characters to really overuse their coping mechanisms to the point where they break down within 300 pages.

— Chuck Palahniuk

When dealing in the technology, it becomes a question of whether you overuse something. I think that's worse than having something technologically available to…

— Al Michaels

“The next time you're tempted to overuse your powers, remember this, I will bring you back by any means necessary, so if you value…

— Jeaniene Frost

What word or expression do you most overuse? Re-reading a collection of my stuff, I was rather startled to find that it was 'perhaps.

— Christopher Hitchens

Most people rust out due to lack of challenge. Few people rust out due to overuse.

— Anonymous

“My dad once said... "Some friends are like "rubber wrappers"; they bind with you safely but get weaker when you stretch them too much".…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“I don’t like to throw the L-word around; it’s too good and rare a feeling to cheapen with overuse.”

— John Green

“You can tell a paragraph is slipping out of control when there's a runaway use of the word 'hence.”

— Alain de Botton

I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.

— Maggie Smith

People tend to think I'm a lot more earnest than I am.

— Charlie Brooker

Style helps distinguish you . . . It's a great potential opportunity that people tend to leave by the wayside

— Michelle Obama

People tend to see themselves differently compared to how others see them.

— Adonis Medina