Overrated Quotes
186 Overrated quotes by 163 unique authors
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Following instructions is overrated.
— Seth Godin
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Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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If you can't say something nice... about an overrated, ungrateful European nation that would have been wiped off the face of the earth twice in…
— Brad Stine
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Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.
— Larry Wall
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I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated.
— Paloma Faith
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Mystery is underrated, and understanding is overrated.
— Larry McMurtry
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A smart woman would have shut up. Did I? Hell no. Intelligence is overrated anyway.
— Rachel Vincent
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Confidence is highly overrated when it comes to creating literature. A writer who is overly confident will not engage in the struggle to get it…
— Dani Shapiro
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It seems like everybody's perception of me is very bipolar. To one group, it's overpaid, overrated; to another group, it's underpaid, underrated, underdog. It's funny…
— Jeremy Lin
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Vacations prove that a life of pleasure is overrated.
— Mason Cooley
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New ideas are one of the most overrated concepts of our time. Most of the important ideas that we live with aren't new at all.
— Andy Rooney
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I'm severely overrated. I'm just above a hack.
— Chris Rock
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Doing is overrated, and success undesirable, but the bitterness of failure even more so.
— Cyril Connolly
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The convenience of timekeeping is greatly overrated; and the people who practice it so faithfully that they lose the capacity for appreciating the fixed and…
— Lewis Mumford
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Directors tend to be more underrated than overrated because it's a quiet job and people don't really understand it.
— Todd Phillips
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The most overrated ingredients are garlic and extra-virgin olive oil. With garlic, it's personal; I have never been that big of a fan of its…
— Lela Rose
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Happiness is good, but well-overrated: what we hate most are the very motivators that put us in gear. A man drifts along with little to…
— Criss Jami
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Rome's just a city like anywhere else. A vastly overrated city, I'd say. It trades on belief just as Stratford trades on Shakespeare.
— Anthony Burgess
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Why live outside the US? Do you want health care or safe food products or democracy or something? They're all overrated. Stay for the excellent…
— Ian Mckellen
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Sometimes when I read about my rebellion in print it sounds a little overrated.
— Elisabeth Shue
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I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.
— Elia Kazan
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I don't really shop any more. I only do it when I have to. I think it is very overrated.
— Vincent Cassel
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Professional competitions are overrated.
— Oksana Baiul
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Exercise is overrated.
— Tim Ferriss
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Final cut is overrated. Only fools keep insisting on always having the final word. The wise swallow their pride in order to get to the…
— Wim Wenders
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