The speaking in a perpetual hyperbole is comely in nothing…

A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.

— Francis Bacon

“It is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives.”

— Francis Bacon

But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual renovation.

— Francis Bacon

Hyperbole is something I'd better avoid.

— Terry Gilliam

The final key to the way I promote is bravado. I play to people's fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they…

— Donald Trump

There is less gray area there, less doubt. There is a security in being some thing all the way. Our culture, too, encourages this…

— Porochista Khakpour

Politics is full of hyperbole. Politics is full of hyperbole and partisanship, and every four to eight-year cycle, those that disagree with the platform…

— Will Cain

I'm prone to hyperbole.

— Ty Burrell

“Hyperbole is sometimes necessary to get at the truth. (It seems odd, doesn't it, that we have to lie to tell the truth better?)”

— Kate DiCamillo

“There is no need for hyperbole. I did NOT dump you. I peeled your mask off like a banana peel, did not like what…

— Donna Lynn Hope

Every time some new huckster of angst-ridden metaphor is appointed by Art Forum, the congregation genuflects, stroking the catalog like a handful of Rosary…

— Abe Ajay

Hyperbole is something Id better avoid.

— Terry Gilliam

Soundbite and slogan, strapline and headline, at every turn we meet hyperbole. The soaring inflation of the English language is more urgently in need…

— Trevor Nunn

“The risk is, as ever, that the hyperbole of IPL will simply smother the cricket; perhaps the members of the IPL's cheer squad should…

— Gideon Haigh

The president we have today is a typical Washington politician that's prone to hyperbole and decisiveness and false outrage. And I think it's very…

— Marco Rubio