Understated Quotes
21 quotes by 21 authors
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But it struck me that the extreme violence and cruelty of the English Civil War had gone understated.
— Simon Schama
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Part of our brand is that we're pretty understated in what we do. If you look at other technology companies, they might preannounce things, and…
— Larry Page
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Whenever I'm in sync with the trends, it's always an accident. I still love wearing clothes I've had for ten years. I think understated luxury…
— Padma Lakshmi
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What is classical music if not the epitome of sensuality, passion, and understated erotica that popular music, even with all of its energy and life,…
— Lara St. John
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Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.
— Bob Riley
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Overstated planning is the backbone of understated elegance.
— Molly O'Neill
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I think it's so much sexier to be understated. It's more intriguing to be sexy in a less obvious way.
— Emma Watson
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My acting's very understated. I think my sad and happy don't play that differently onscreen.
— Bret McKenzie
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There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black…
— Henry Rollins
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The Japanese have become so smitten with the Western condiment - its texture as silky as a kimono, its tang as understated as the tang…
— Tom Robbins
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I've always gone for the more understated look.
— Nancy Reagan
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I'm not over the top; I'm not wacky. I'm fairly understated, and that reflects in the way I sing.
— Sade Adu
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Hugh Grant does a great job with his style. Somehow understated yet timeless and seems to get it. He does it on and off camera.
— David Lauren
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Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.
— Jim Rohn
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Even the most understated ceremony involves a certain respect for ritual and pageantry. No one plays more of a significant role than the bride's attendants.
— Vera Wang
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Explain me to myself, you’ll make me choke on my lunch. Feel sympathy for me, I’ll puke monkey blood on your understated shoes.
— Don DeLillo
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The window gave onto a view of dove-gray roofs and balconies, each one containing the same cracked flowerpot and sleeping feline. It was as if…
— Jeffrey Eugenides
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Baseball endures at least in part because it is a contemplative sport that delights in nuances. Not a brazen game, eager to sell its thrills…
— Kenneth Turan
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Throughout his career, W.G. Sebald wrote poems that were strikingly similar to his prose. His tone, in both genres, was always understated but possessed of…
— Teju Cole
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My early novels were very understated and English. Fourteen years ago, I met and married my American husband, and as I learned more about his…
— Laurie Graham
Who Wrote These Understated Quotes
21 authors contributed a total of 21 Understated Quotes as follows: