Understatement Quotes

45 quotes by 43 authors

It is an understatement to say that the time has arrived for a serious and open international dialogue regarding the possibility of future interplanetary relations.… — Steven M. Greer
To say that George Lucas cannot write a love scene is an understatement; greeting cards have expressed more passion. — Roger Ebert
Whether you are sixteen or over sixty, remember, understatement is the rule of a fine makeup artist. — Helena Rubinstein
Elizabeth Taylor is, in my opinion, the greatest actress in film history. She instinctively understands the camera and its nonverbal intimacies. Opening her violet eyes,… — Camille Paglia
Whatever I'd say would be an understatement. I can only say my life was made much better by knowing him. He was one of the… — John Coltrane
To say that Sputnik gave rise to some concern in the United States would be the understatement of the century. The truth is that the… — John Naughton
To say that I am organized is an understatement, but my car tells a different story. — Emily Procter
To say I live a cursed life is an understatement. I have to get up every day and work with people who are not as… — Zach Braff
Brody cannot believe the size of the creature, and with a classic, practical understatement tells Quint his assessment: You're gonna need a bigger boat. Awestruck,… — Roy Scheider
A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations. — Russell Page
Baikida Carroll, whose balance of bravada and tenderness, facility and understatement mark him as a player to be reckoned with. — Jon Pareles
Billions of years ago God was creating universes and life; thousands of years ago he was creating angry floods, sin-saving human sacrifices and audible burning… — Trevor Treharne
To say that New York came up to its advance billing would be the baldest of understatements. Being there was like being in heaven without… — P.G. Wodehouse
Emo means different things to different people. Actually, that's a massive understatement. Emo seems solely to mean different things to different peopleâ€”Like pig latin or… — Andy Greenwald
The quotation-business is booming. No subdivision of the culture seems too narrow to have a quotation book of its own.... It would be an understatement… — James Gleick
The English have no soul; they have the understatement instead. — George Mikes
My father was a really funny guy. He lived a good long life. And he was the reason I wanted to be funny and become… — Carol Leifer
The ideal woman which is in every man's mind is evoked by a word or phrase or the shape of her wrist, her hand. The… — William Faulkner
A lot of men who have accepted - or had imposed upon them in boyhood - the old English public school styles of careful modesty… — J. B. Priestley
We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement. — Jil Sander

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