Overly Quotes
183 Overly quotes by 175 unique authors
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Total physical and mental inertia are highly agreeable, much more so than we allow ourselves to imagine. A beach not only permits such inertia but…
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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If you aren't overly effusive or really nicey-nice with the press, you get a reputation for being outspoken or difficult.
— Janeane Garofalo
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Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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I came from an anxious, overly intense East Coast academic family. That was the way of our tribe.
— Lev Grossman
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When you're writing a book, you don't want it to be overly trendy because you want people to enjoy it for years and refer back…
— Lauren Conrad
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I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have been very fortunate.…
— Francis Ford Coppola
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As a composer and as a musician I'm a true believer - and this is not to be overly diplomatic - I'm a believer that…
— Darren Criss
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I was never interested in being an overly public person.
— John Cusack
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I probably have an earlier curfew than anyone. My mom wants to keep me really safe and my dad's not overly protective, but he's a…
— Miley Cyrus
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Wolves and women are relational by nature, inquiring, possessed of great endurance and strength. They are deeply intuitive, intensely concerned with their young, their mate…
— Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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There is a tension in relationships between wanting to return to the womb, but also wanting to be free. Because sometimes the woman's attentions can…
— Ralph Fiennes
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When you realize that life isn't fair, you don't act out, you don't get overly wasted, you don't get self-indulgent. You just move forward.
— David Hasselhoff
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I never found much comfort in overly organized religion of any sort.
— Jewel
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Friends are sometimes a big help when they share your feelings. In the context of decisions, the friends who will serve you best are those…
— Daniel Kahneman
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I think mankind is overly sensitive, very needy, greedy, and flawed.
— Craig Kilborn
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I've always been a very passionate, sometimes overly emotional person. Sometimes things affect me more than they should.
— Amy Lee
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A great song is a great song, whether it's on vinyl or CD or cassette or reel to reel or mp3. Then again, that might…
— Unknown Author
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The whole celebrity thing is not something I'm overly interested in. I don't pop up at parties. It's just not my thing.
— Alanis Morissette
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When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I just throw it out.
— Alanis Morissette
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Manners are of such great consequence to the novelist that any kind will do. Bad manners are better than no manners at all, and because…
— Flannery O'Connor
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Not to sound overly cheesy but I really appreciate the freedom we have in America - especially as a female.
— Katy Perry
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Women who marry early are often overly enamored of the kind of man who looks great in wedding pictures and passes the maid of honor…
— Anna Quindlen
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I don't know why that is, but English politics is just so overly white. It's very much about the class structure.
— Daniel Radcliffe
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I'm not overly alarmist about it, but I do think there are some worrying signs, like the growing accumulation of wealth by a very small…
— Peter Singer
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People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy.
— Laurence Sterne
Who Wrote These Overly Quotes
175 authors contributed a total of 183 Overly Quotes, led by these top contributors: