The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Really?" Risa said, disgusted. "'What do we have here?' Is that your best line? If you're going to attack a defenseless girl… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
Here's the thing: If you're taking roles that aren't intimidating you, and I think this is a cliche that a lot of… — Matt Lauria Copy Share Image
One of the great cliches of campaign journalism is the notion that American elections have long since ceased to be about issues… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
It's such a cliche thing to say. I want to choreograph, I want to direct, I want to act, I want to… — Derek Hough Copy Share Image
I don't believe that old cliche that good things come to those who wait. I think good things come to those who… — Ashton Kutcher Copy Share Image
When academics claim a topic is obsolete, they mean merely they are tired of flogging it with their cliches. — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
After two years studying what rewrite men did with the facts I phoned them, I knew that journalism was essentially a task… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
The only valid reason to use clichés is in the speech of a character. Cliches are indications of sloppy writing. The writer… — Leonard Bishop Copy Share Image
Funny, I'd forgotten that what comes to you when you take a psychedelic is not always a revelation of something new and… — Ann Shulgin Copy Share Image
I wish i could tell you that through the tragedy i mined some undiscovered, life-altering absolute that i could pass on to… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
Our leaders have described the recent atrocity with the customary cliche: mindless cowardice. Mindless may be a suitable word for the vandalising… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating for everybody. It makes people work together… — Genevieve Gorder Copy Share Image
Modern Arabic literature achieved international recognition when Mahfouz was awarded the Nobel prize in 1988 (…) Mahfouz also rendered Arabic literature a… — Denys Johnson-Davies Copy Share Image
The cliche was always that 'everybody's a critic,' but it becomes truer every day. Long before reviews appear in the traditional outlets,… — Ben Brantley Copy Share Image
“Teen angst is so boring, isn't it? I try so hard not to be a cliche, but it's like written in my… — Amy Reed Copy Share Image
Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's… — Lee Haney Copy Share Image
Sometimes you can hear them talk, other times you can't. All the same old cliches, is that a woman or a man? — Bob Seger Copy Share Image
It is Barack Obama who is at war with this country. Recent events prove it. This is not a cliche. It's not… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“One of the biggest obstacles to making a start on climate change is that it has become a cliche before it has… — Tim Flannery Copy Share Image
I never see my movies. When they're on television, I click them away. Hollywood created an image, and I long ago reconciled… — Louis Jourdan Copy Share Image
I know it's cliche and people might not like that, but if you get ahead of yourself then you lose focus. — Erling Haaland Copy Share Image
I think it's sad that there seems to be one definition of beauty in Hollywood/New York. It's such a cliche, but I… — Julianne Nicholson Copy Share Image
There are sometimes concerns about being respectful with a gay character, and you either end up with a tiptoeing quality or an… — Casey Wilson Copy Share Image
I encourage students to pursue an idea far enough so they can see what the cliches and stereotypes are. Only then do… — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
The ideal guy for me is someone - it sounds cliche - but someone who's driven, someone who's passionate, someone who wants… — Jordyn Woods Copy Share Image
It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and… — Robert D. Kaplan Copy Share Image
Every day I've got to be thankful that I am alive, and you never know - the cliche is, I guess, you… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
As cliche as it sounds, there's a reason why people always say that music has no language; it transcends language barriers. — Jonita Gandhi Copy Share Image
It was like a cliche for the parents in my hometown to let their kids watch 'Friends.' I had no interest at… — RM Copy Share Image
My interests were aroused, and my faith in the cliches of the subject destroyed, as so often with other subjects, by the… — George Stigler Copy Share Image
I did the rock 'n roll-pop cliche of getting burnt out. I'm not the first person that happened to, and I'm sure… — Robbie Williams Copy Share Image
You can't do anything if a person says no. In such a case, there's nothing you can do - unlike the popular… — Markus Wolf Copy Share Image
I know, it sounds generic and is a cliche, but coming from a middle class family in Kanpur, it was always the… — Naveen Tewari Copy Share Image
If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem.… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
“A look says more than words alone. That's a cliche, of course. But a cliche, also says more than words alone.” — Herman Koch Copy Share Image
The ground swell is what's going to sink you as well as being what buoys you up. These are cliches also, of… — Paul Muldoon Copy Share Image
In baseball and sex, cliches are usually true: pitching beats hitting, and people always want to be loved by anyone who doesn't… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
When subject matter is forced to fit into preconceived patterns, there can be no freshness of vision. Following rules of composition can… — Edward Weston Copy Share Image
There is such a cliche to certain roles that all I can do is to try to make them realistic and work… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
