It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue. — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“In a crisis perhaps it is old clichés one clings to, like a child to a parent.” — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Nowadays filmmakers tend to recycle the same cliches over and over again. — Tom Hooper Copy Share Image
The most irritating thing about cliches, I decided, was how frequently they were true. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
People regurgitate the same old cliches and it becomes like a photocopy of a photocopy of something that's vaguely interesting. — Steve Coogan Copy Share Image
“If you distance yourself from reality and just cling to cliches about democracy find yourself a different job than analyzing politics” — Hany Ghoraba Copy Share Image
Touching on universality is an important part of effective storytelling, but the problem with cliches is that they are tired and dull.… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
Then there's the silliest of all cliches, 'on a pace for' 'Pace' is a figment of the mathematician's imagination. — Leonard Koppett Copy Share Image
“A society where everyone is following his own unique path has a much better chance to find the truth than the society… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
There are still some terrible cliches in the presentation of Indian fiction. The lotus flower. The hennaed hands. In mainland Europe, people… — Hari Kunzru Copy Share Image
“You're not being fair," I said. "Life isn't fair." "Yeah, and no man is an island. Any other cliches you'd like to… — Cecily White Copy Share Image
What really matters is that 'Black Swan' deploys and exaggerates all the cliches of earlier ballet movies, especially 'The Red Shoes,' another… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
If you live in a democracy, it's very tiring to be always surrounded by great and high abstract generalisations which are, in… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
“What'll Geoffrey do when you pull off your First, my child?" demanded Miss Haydock. "Well, Eve -- it will be awkward if… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
Please, don't torture me with cliches. If you're going to try to intimidate me, have the courtesy to go away for a… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about relationships in a more honest, raw sort of way. Get away from all those cliches about how… — Tove Lo Copy Share Image
I started a novel back in high school. It wasn't very good. It was the opposite of good. The writing itself wasn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“I reflected that it seemed to be in the nature of human beings to spend the first part of their lives mocking… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war,… — Ron Paul 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
“In reaction against the age-old slogan, "woman is the weaker vessel," or the still more offensive, "woman is a divine creature," we… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“When people dis fantasy—mainstream readers and SF readers alike—they are almost always talking about one sub-genre of fantastic literature. They are talking… — China Miéville Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it was that I wanted to see what I had learned, what I had read, what I had imagined, that I… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“[J]ust the sight of this book, even though it was of no authority, made me wonder how it happened that so many… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I believe that love dies but hope springs eternal. Sometimes I believe that hope dies but love springs eternal. Sometimes I… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
“God bids you not to commit lechery, that is, not to have sex with any woman except your wife. You ask of… — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
“Every culture has its southerners -- people who work as little as they can, preferring to dance, drink, sing brawl, kill their… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“My Lady, you certainly tell me about wonderful constancy, strength and virtue and firmness of women, so can one say the same… — Christine de Pizan Copy Share Image
“When I hear what I have written out loud, the cliches hang in the air between us like bad breath” — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
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