I can’t overstate how valuable being understated is.

I'm an enemy of exposition. I feel there's no need to overstate.

— Anson Mount

One of my big beliefs about Washington is that we highly overstate the power of individuals and highly underrate seeing Washington as a system,…

— Ezra Klein

People tend to overstate my resilience, but, of course, I hope they're right.

— David Brudnoy

I can't overstate the part the yips played in bringing my career to a close.

— Stephen Hendry

It's really easy, in a band, to overstate - you feel like everything you do is different than the past. I think this is…

— Craig Finn

We overstate the ills of life, and take Imagination... down our earth to rake...

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Scientists tend to be unappreciated in the world at large, but you can hardly overstate the importance of the work they do.

— Bill Bryson

“What makes this city different is that nobody expects to be in one place for ten minutes. Everybody moves all the time. Seven nameless…

— Don DeLillo

My favorite literary heroine is Jo March. It is hard to overstate what she meant to a small, plain girl called Jo, who had…

— J. K. Rowling

I cannot overstate the power of libraries in my life.

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“We tend to overstate and to understate, to glorify the good and ignore the bad in ourselves.”

— J.D. Vance

Do your own homework. I can't overstate the importance of this.

— Steve Eisman

If you're not comfortable with public speaking - and nobody starts out comfortable; you have to learn how to be comfortable - practice. I…

— Hillary Clinton

“Don’t overstate your likely achievements; when in doubt, understate them.”

— Alan S. Blinder

I am convinced that whenever we exaggerate or demonize, oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose. Whenever we dumb down the political debate, we…

— Barack Obama