"I think to be oversensitive about cliches is……" — Evelyn Waugh

"I think to be oversensitive about cliches is like being oversensitive about table manners."

— Evelyn Waugh

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153 Quotes by Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Waugh has 153 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you…
That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.
She had heard someone say something about an Independent Labour Party, and was furious that she had not been asked.
Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write an autobiography.
Of the many smells of Athens two seem to me the most characteristic - that of garlic, bold and deadly…
One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric.
If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.
I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest…
I [had] added another small piece to the pages of the atlas that were real to me.
Most writers in the course of their careers become thick-skinned and learn to accept vituperation, which in any other profession…
Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity.
Port is not for the very young, the vain and the active. It is the comfort of age and the…

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More Cliche Quotes

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Look, I've got incredible pride for my family. I've absolutely fallen into that cliche of a dad who could just… — Christian Bale
I think my whole generation's mission is to kill the cliche. — Beck
I can't write another breakup record. That would be a real cliche. — Adele
All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of… — Sade Adu
That's the shock: All cliches are true. The years really do speed by. Life really is as short as they… — David Bowie
There are so many cliches associated with mental health - such as the 'fine line between lunacy and genius' -… — Jo Brand
It may be a cliche, but it's true - the build-up to Christmas is so much more pleasurable than the… — Julie Burchill
I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds.… — Dana Carvey
It sounds like a cliche, but it... you do sing about what you know about. And I grew up in… — Kenny Chesney
A great maxim of personal responsibility and mature achievement: "Do it yourself" is now the enthroned cliche for being occupied… — Louis Kronenberger
The computing field is always in need of new cliches. — Alan Perlis
My daughter is the biggest gift; I've said it so many times and it sounds like a cliche, but the… — Geri Halliwell

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