Exaggeration Quotes

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One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge. — Alfred Nobel
The kind of vocal exaggeration that I developed was based on what key songs were in. — Robert Plant
I am a huge zombie fan. I have probably seen the George Romero movies 100 times each, without exaggeration. — J. Michael Straczynski
My act is an exaggeration of a part of me. I'm much more expressive off stage. — Steven Wright
It is an exaggeration to call the Hamas and Islamic Jihad announcement a military alliance. It is rather a message that our people are united… — Ahmed Yassin
Holding this book in your hand, sinking back in your soft armchair, you will say to yourself: perhaps it will amuse me. And after you… — Honore de Balzac
I am not given to exaggeration, and when I say a thing I mean it. — Mark Twain
We discover that we do not know our role; we look for a mirror; we want to remove our make-up and take off what is… — Rainer Maria Rilke
But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face. — Oscar Wilde
When every hope is gone, 'when helpers fail and comforts flee,' I find that help arrives somehow, from I know not where. Supplication, worship, prayer… — Mahatma Gandhi
Genius is an exaggeration of dimension. So is elephantiasis. Both may be only a disease. — Ayn Rand
A womanâ€™s beauty lies, not in any exaggeration of the specialized zones, nor in any general harmony that could be worked out by means of… — John Updike
As in all infant sciences, the universal habit of the human mind - to take a partial or local truth, generalise it unduly and try… — Sri Aurobindo
Vic nudged my elbow with his. "You and me are still friends, right? You guys get a joint custody in the divorce. Generous visitations rights."… — Claudia Gray
If you have ever seen a dragon in a pinch, you will realize that this was only poetical exaggeration applied to any hobbit, even to… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Am I to assume you would rather not have us as clients?"â€¨ "Let me think about that for a nanosecond," Dickie said. "Yes! Last time… — Janet Evanovich
The rest, with very little exaggeration, was books. Meant-to-be-picked-up books. Permanently-left-behind books. Uncertain-what-to-do-with books. But books, books. Tall cases lined three walls of the room,… — J D Salinger
I needed to sit down. I'd heard other people talk about having to sit down when shocked by an event or revelation and I had… — Maria V. Snyder
From a tale one expects a bit of wildness, of exaggeration and dramatic effect. The tale has no inherent concern with decorum, balance or harmony.… — Peter Straub
I knew the human exaggeration for sorrow-a broken heart. — Stephenie Meyer

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