Quotes for All
In England The Day After, though unpopular with viewers, seems to have confirmed the average Englishman’s mindless prejudice against Kansas. Shortly after the film portrayed that state being turned into an overused barbecue pit by nuclear weapons, support for British nuclear weapons rose a full percentage point. Emmett Tyrrell
Worldwide is an overused word. But it’s true that being known has given me new ideas and a chance to get to know new people who think in different ways. I want to hear myself referred to as Elie Saab, without labels or titles. Elie Saab
This word gets overused in describing actors but I think it applies to Mike [Tyson] in this case – he was totally fearless. He jumped in and played with us comedically and improvised a lot. A lot of jokes in those scenes with him are from him improvising. Ed Helms
Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a half dozen geniuses. I got only fairly near. Fritz Kreisler
I feel a particular sense of responsibility when you’re taking something from the magazine directly and putting it in video. You can’t be too flat. You need to have personality. You can’t just scream out to the viewer. You need to have a fresh take on something or have a new look or have an … Read more
I felt despair. The word’s overused and banalified now, despair, but it’s a serious word, and I’m using it seriously. For me it denotes a simple admixture — a weird yearning for death combined with a crushing sense of my own smallness and futility that presents as a fear of death. It’s maybe close to … Read more
All entertainment is an element of fantasy because you are seeing something that is not quite real. There is no such thing as reality TV. Reality TV would be to leave a camera on in front of someone’s house. Just leave it on. Then whenever the person comes or goes walking the dog or getting … Read more
I’ve probably overused this analogy of a flock of birds moving around an object in flight, but, in reality, it’s so simple, real time communication of individuals that allow for this super organism type of organism to happen. Biz Stone
I just feel like sometimes I’m a force to be dealt with. My talents are sometimes overused and also sometimes underused. It’s not easy being me. Ben Affleck
I think the most overused words in our vocabulary in the South are black and white. Artur Davis