Quote by Jim Stockdale Download Open image ““Let me start with the overobvious, boxed in a cliché, wrapped in some truisms.”” — Jim Stockdale ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“I understand why sometimes people speak in cliches because sometimes there is no other way to describe something.” — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“You can be near the cliché, you can dance around it, you can run right up to it and almost embrace it. But at… — Blake Snyder Copy Share Image
“Even in those pieces that seemed to be casually tossed off, I was always searching for the right word, for the proper escape from… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
“Everyone can write a cliche. What's rare is to write them often and unashamedly enough that people quote it as if it's some deep… — Jimmy Lo Copy Share Image
“Deeply exciting, though, cliché was, as a concept. It was truth misted by overexpression, wasn't it, like a structure seen in a fog, something… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
“The words for what I want to say right now don't exist. Everything sounds…so cliché.” — Shelly Crane Copy Share Image
“The speeches! They were filled with borrowed things--borrowed over and over again until the words were nothing more than a series of clichés.” — Paul Zindel Copy Share Image
“When I hear what I have written out loud, the cliches hang in the air between us like bad breath” — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
“Sometimes people overlooked how useful a cliché was. It got everyone thinking about things in the same sort of way, and that could be… — Michael Leese Copy Share Image
“You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most… — Jim Stockdale Copy Share Image
“Stress is essential to leadership. Living with stress, knowing how to handle pressure, is necessary for survival. It is related to man's ability to… — Jim Stockdale Copy Share Image
“But what I'm saying is that whenever I've been in trouble spots -- in crises (and I've been in a lot of trouble and… — Jim Stockdale Copy Share Image
“Honest men in prison know that there is no such thing as "brainwashing" or "breaking." These expressions of self-delusion never find use behind bars.… — Jim Stockdale Copy Share Image
“At its best, citizenship finds an equilibrium between two essential ingredients -- that of rights and that of duties. When the idea of citizenship… — Jim Stockdale Copy Share Image
“About a month after I returned from Vietnam, one of my former prison mates came running to me after a reunion at the Naval… — Jim Stockdale Copy Share Image
