Oversimplify Quotes

13 quotes by 12 authors

• Some men are deeply likable but have attitudes I don't like. Does that mean I should completely dismiss them? It's like saying: if someone votes… — Jo Brand
• Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people… — Gabriel Byrne
• Dictators have always played on the natural human tendency to blame others and to oversimplify. — Gerard K. O'Neill
• What distinguishes [Afropolitans] is a willingness to complicate Africa – namely, to engage with, critique, and celebrate the parts of Africa that mean most to… — Taiye Selasi
• Never oversimplify yourself by using a single word or category to describe who you are. Take the time to tell your story. — Derek Webb
• I exaggerate. I oversimplify. I generalize. But there’s no cynicism here. American poetry is a mess. Long live American poetry. — David Biespiel
• I am convinced that whenever we exaggerate or demonize, oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose. Whenever we dumb down the political debate, we lose.… — Barack Obama
• Today, much of journalism and politics are in a kind of collusion to oversimplify and personalize issues. No room for ambivalence. Plenty of room for… — Ellen Goodman
• The nature of oratory is such that there has always been a tendency among politicians and clergymen to oversimplify complex matters. From a pulpit or… — Aldous Huxley
• The secret language of statistics, so appealing in a fact-minded culture, is employed to sensationalize, inflate, confuse, and oversimplify. Statistical terms and statistical methods are… — Darrell Huff
• Romance is alive and well in America, but the 50 percent who can't make it work fail because of selfishness. It gets down to that.… — Donny Osmond
• Here is my advice as we begin the century that will lead to 2081. First, guard the freedom of ideas at all costs. Be alert… — Gerard K. O'Neill
• You see in times of crisis that extremist forces, populist forces, have a better ground to oversimplify things and to manipulate feelings. Feelings of fear. — Jose Manuel Barroso

Who Wrote These Oversimplify Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 13 Oversimplify Quotes as follows:

• 2 Oversimplify Quotes by Gerard K. O'Neill
• 1 Oversimplify Quote by Ellen Goodman
• 1 Oversimplify Quote by Aldous Huxley
• 1 Oversimplify Quote by Darrell Huff
• 1 Oversimplify Quote by Donny Osmond
• 1 Oversimplify Quote by Jose Manuel Barroso
• 1 Oversimplify Quote by Jo Brand
• 1 Oversimplify Quote by Gabriel Byrne
• 1 Oversimplify Quote by Taiye Selasi
• 1 Oversimplify Quote by Derek Webb
• 1 Oversimplify Quote by David Biespiel
• 1 Oversimplify Quote by Barack Obama