Exaggerated Quotes

192 quotes by 175 authors

Tolerance is a virtue, but like all virtues, when exaggerated, it transforms itself into a vice. We need to be careful of the â€œtolerance trapâ€… — Boyd K. Packer
We've greatly exaggerated the risk of sinking, without celebrating the value of swimming. — Seth Godin
That men, in reality, did not have friends in other men. That the fellowship of men, despite its joyous banter, old memories of exaggerated mischief… — Manu Joseph
You can graduate a man's progress in religion by the amount of prayer, not by the number of hours perhaps, but by the earnest supplication… — Thomas De Witt Talmage
People think I write fantasy, but I don't. Some things may be exaggerated or distorted, but they're realistic figures. . . . There's nothing incredible… — Joe Orton
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse… — W. Somerset Maugham
So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most precarious… — Tacitus
Increasingly independent black economic, cultural and political power gave Blacks more freedom to do what came natural to them. Divorced from White influence and culture,… — David Duke
If people insist that honor is dearer than life itself, what they really mean is that existence and well-being are as nothing compared with other… — Arthur Schopenhauer
No man at bottom means injustice; it is always for some obscure distorted image of a right that he contends: an obscure image diffracted, exaggerated,… — Thomas Carlyle
I definitely believe that the so-called American decline is greatly exaggerated. — Al-Waleed bin Talal
Although the 'New York Times' annually declares that Broadway is on its deathbed, news of its demise is greatly exaggerated. There's a lot of life… — John Lahr
All bad things are exaggerated in the middle of the night. When you lie awake, you only think of bad things. — Julian Barnes
Lend sat up,craning his neck to see down my shirt,which I hurriedly pushed back into place. Last time I checked, you couldn't see souls.He shrugged,an… — Kiersten White
The advantages of wealth are greatly exaggerated. — Leland Stanford
The facts of Watergate have been wildly exaggerated. — Conrad Black
We will cut programs, we will try to rein in the size of the bureaucracy. We will bring federal pay scales that have become so… — Eric Cantor
In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language - as you say, sort of mime-type skills. — Warwick Davis
Aging on camera is just very hard. I love my age. I feel good about myself but high definition television is not kind. You don't… — Lisa Edelstein
The English love for privacy is proverbial, and has not been exaggerated. A stranger who strikes up a conversation is looked upon with suspicion -… — Henry Steele Commager

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