How many may a man of diffusive conversation count among his acquaintances, whose lives have been signalized by numberless escapes; who never… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is only a short step from exaggerating what we can find in the world to exaggerating our power to remake the… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
Indeed, so far from being humorous, the male American is the most abnormally serious creature who ever existed.. It is only fair… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Christianity had ceased to be the creed of the poor. He spoke with pompous exaggeration. Whether man were the best or the… — Georg Ebers Copy Share Image
Mark Twain put it best when he said, 'Reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated,. — Bill Bradley Copy Share Image
Capitalism had arisen through the misuse and exaggeration of certain rights, notably the right of property - the basis of economic freedom… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
When I was little, my father used to sell guns and ammo at a sporting goods store, but I always told everyone… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
The slanders poured down like Niagara. If you take into consideration the setting - the war and the revolution - and the… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
Probably one of the reasons why gushing is so unattractive is that it leaves nothing for the listener to do. — Margery Wilson Copy Share Image
Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
Vice-President Ford, possibly preparing for higher duties, assessed Kissinger's part in the Syrian-Israeli troop disengagement as "the great diplomatic triumph of this… — Edwin Newman Copy Share Image
“In his wretched life of less than twenty-seven years Abel accomplished so much of the highest order that one of the leading… — Eric Temple Bell Copy Share Image
Stop helping everyone else make their films, and enlist them to help you make yours. This is an exaggeration, but the point… — Jenni Olson Copy Share Image
There is an abundance of misinformation, exaggeration, and blatant lies being spread by interest groups regarding the prospects for embryonic stem cell… — Virginia Foxx Copy Share Image
Americans specially love superlatives. The phrases 'biggest in the world,' 'finest in the world,' are on all lips. — Isabella Bird Copy Share Image
Weakness ever sympathizes with vice, because vice is a weakness which assumes the mask of strength. Madness holds reason in horror, and… — Eliphas Levi Copy Share Image
Chopin's rubato possessed an unshakeable emotional logic. It always justified itself by a strengthening or weakening melodic line, by exaggeration or affectation. — Karol Mikuli Copy Share Image
It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive.... We must not resort to the flame where only light is… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Our situation here, without any exaggeration, is beyond description almost; it is such as eye has not seen nor ear heard, nor… — Peter Oliver Copy Share Image
The New York Times will tell you what is going on in Afghanistan or the Horn of Africa. But it is no… — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
I have read more about Oprah Winfrey’s ass than I have about the rise of China as an economic superpower. I fear… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
