Superlatives Quotes

37 quotes by 31 authors

Such exaggerations have been so common that the public takes them with a grain of salt and partly excuses them as being due to the… — Daniel Starch
I wouldn't touch a superlative again with an umbrella. — Dorothy Parker
Either the men of Galilee were men of superlative wisdom, and extensive knowledge and experience, and of deeper skill in the arts of deception than… — Simon Greenleaf
The method I take to do this is not yet very usual; for instead of using only comparative and superlative Words, and intellectual Arguments, I… — William Petty
Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real… — Tryon Edwards
When the first-rate author wants an exquisite heroine or a lovely morning, he finds that all the superlatives have been worn shoddy by his inferiors.… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The national parklands have a major role in providing superlative opportunities for outdoor recreation, but they have other people serving values. They can provide an… — Stewart Udall
Wilderness is rapidly becoming one of those aspects of the American dream which is more of the past than of the present. Wilderness is not… — Ansel Adams
People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
When I have one martini, I feel bigger, wiser, taller. When I have a second, I feel superlative. When I have more, there's no holding… — William Faulkner
always either on a peak of happiness or drowning in black waters of despair they loved or they loathed, they lived in a world of… — Nancy Mitford
I watched our friends' wary, intelligent faces droop at our tale. Their shock was a mere shadow of our own, resembling more the goodwilled imitation… — Ian Mcewan
This is me apologizing. I am a fool, a bird-brain, a liar and a horse-thief. I wouldn't touch a superlative again with an umbrella. — Dorothy Parker
A single overstatement, wherever or however it occurs, diminishes the whole, and a carefree superlative has the power to destroy, for the reader, the object… — Elwyn Brooks White
Supernatural is a dangerous and difficult word in any of its senses, looser or stricter. But to fairies it can hardly be applied, unless super… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Do not put statements in the negative form. And don't start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading… — William Safire
For Rat Kiley, I think, facts were formed by sensation, not the other way around, and when you listened to one of his stories, you'd… — Tim O'Brien

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