Cliche Quotes

297 Cliche quotes by 271 unique authors

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me. — John Hawkes
I think being a foreigner and talking about Hollywood allowed me to use some cliches and some references that an American would maybe not use. — Michel Hazanavicius
I prefer to speak of 'interdimensionals' rather than 'extraterrestrials' because the latter has connotations of 'little green men' and all the other cliche responses. Nor… — David Icke
The cliche of the nerdy kid who doesn't go outside and just plays games is completely untrue. And it's also true for the nerdy kid… — Penn Jillette
I don't believe that old cliche that good things come to those who wait. I think good things come to those who want something so… — Ashton Kutcher
If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace… — John Lennon
It is Barack Obama who is at war with this country. Recent events prove it. This is not a cliche. It's not a figure of… — Rush Limbaugh
(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion. — Harold MacMillan
There's always the cliche of the choir shouting and clapping. OK, you have to do that, but there's also introspective parts, parts where you just… — Wynton Marsalis
I must try and break through the cliches about Latin America. Superpowers and other outsiders have fought over us for centuries in ways that have… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Without sounding too cliche, the Internet really is the birth of global mind. — Terence McKenna
I'm like a bad musical cliche because I bring my guitar on the road and try to write songs in hotel rooms. — Unknown Author
The cliche is that life is a mountain. You go up, reach the top and then go down. — Jeanne Moreau
Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them… — Liam Neeson
I encourage students to pursue an idea far enough so they can see what the cliches and stereotypes are. Only then do they begin to… — Robert Morgan
Buzzwords and cliches - those are stock in trade. There's nothing wrong with them. — Michael Nesmith
It's easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it's easy to stay in that negative frame… — Joel Osteen
'Brave' is one of those words that has been bleached of most of its meaning these days, thanks to far too many appearances in the… — Susan Orlean
Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war, anything to steer… — Ron Paul
It's likely that taboo words are stored in the right hemisphere of the brain. Massive left hemisphere strokes or the entire surgical removal of the… — Steven Pinker
When I look back I can't believe how my parents managed, but the cliche is true. We didn't have money, but we were rich in… — Joaquin Phoenix
America had, for one thing, lived in anarchy for - until much more recently than Europe. We had the Wild West, where the cliche of… — Steven Pinker
It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you're happy when you wake up. — Michael Pitt
It's crucial that I kind of keep up, without drifting into the backslapping land of cliche and lifetime achievement awards. — Robert Plant
Fashion fosters cliches of beauty, but I want to tear them apart. — Miuccia Prada

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