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Exaggeration Quotes

I’ve always been very upfront about the way I write, and I’ve always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration Picture Quote #1

Exaggeration is in the course of things. Nature sends no creature, no man into the world, without adding a small excess of his proper quality. Given the planet, it is still necessary to add the impulse; so, to every creature nature added a little violence of direction in its proper path, a shove to put it on its way; in every instance, a slight generosity, a drop too much Picture Quote #1

There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can’t tell the truth without lying Picture Quote #1

To underestimate oneself is as much an exaggeration of one’s powers than the other Picture Quote #1

The upshot of her tirade was that I was the devil’s spawn and should be locked up in a tower before I unleashed hordes of the living dead to slaughter them all in their sleep. Well, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but not by much Picture Quote #1

You look wonderful together and it is, no doubt, not an exaggeration to say that you are just made for each other. In my eyes, you are the best couple in the world. God bless both of you Picture Quote #1

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The kind of vocal exaggeration that I developed was based on what key songs were in Picture Quote #1

My act is an exaggeration of a part of me. I’m much more expressive off stage Picture Quote #1

I’ve played drug dealers, all my life. I’ve made a career of killing people and playing all kinds of killers. The violence and drugs is portrayed in exaggeration. This is fiction. That is how I looked at it. And, sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Just open a newspaper Picture Quote #1

My childhood proved to me that there could be no enjoyment of football without community. But it becomes difficult when this community is having problems with its identity. That’s when we experience all possible forms of nationalist exaggeration Picture Quote #1

Optimism isn’t funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. It’s exaggeration Picture Quote #1

The English language has 112 words for deception, according to one count, each with a different shade of meaning: collusion, fakery, malingering, self-deception, confabulation, prevarication, exaggeration, denial Picture Quote #1

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Some people accuse me of exaggeration, so let me be clear. Those people seek nothing less than the complete and utter destruction of the American way of life Picture Quote #1

But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face Picture Quote #1

Barack Obama’s a terrible commander-in-chief. He is gutting our military. It’s not an exaggeration Picture Quote #1

It is in fact no exaggeration to say that we live in terror that Senator McCarthy will one day make some irreparable blunder that will play directly into the hands of our common enemy and discredit the whole anti-Communist effort for a long while to come Picture Quote #1

Economic problems have no sharp edges. They shade off imperceptibly into politics, sociology, and ethics. Indeed, it is hardly an exaggeration to say that the ultimate answer to every economic problem lies in some other field Picture Quote #1

Holding this book in your hand, sinking back in your soft armchair, you will say to yourself: perhaps it will amuse me. And after you have read this story of great misfortunes, you will no doubt dine well, blaming the author for your own insensitivity, accusing him of wild exaggeration and flights of fancy. But rest assured: this tragedy is not a fiction. All is true Picture Quote #1

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The men who are messing up their lives, their families, and their world in their quest to feel man enough are not exercising truemasculinity, but a grotesque exaggeration of what they think a man is. When we see men overdoing their masculinity, we can assume that they haven’t been raised by men, that they have taken cultural stereotypes literally, and that they are scared they aren’t being manly enough Picture Quote #1

If a spectacle is going to be particularly imposing I prefer to see it through somebody else’s eyes, because that man will always exaggerate. Then I can exaggerate his exaggeration, and my account of the thing will be the most impressive Picture Quote #1

It’s only a slight exaggeration to say we haven’t progressed much beyond the invention of agriculture when it comes to our view of the natural world Picture Quote #1

I was never really an impressionist. If there was somebody within my range, maybe I could work on it and do a little exaggeration of them - which I think is really the way to do an impression Picture Quote #1

Is it possible that the portrait of the divine Son of God is an exaggeration, at best, or a complete fabrication, at worst, of the original Jesus Picture Quote #1

It’s no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another Picture Quote #1

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Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art, for the object of journalism is to make events go as far as possible Picture Quote #1

Today it is considered as exaggeration to proclaim constant respect for every form of life as being the serious demand of a rational ethic. But the time is coming when people will be amazed that the human race existed so long before it recognized that thoughtless injury to life is incompatible with real ethics. Ethics is in its unqualified form extended responsibility to everything that has life Picture Quote #1

Where there is no exaggeration there is no love, and where there is no love there is no understanding. It is only about things that do not interest one, that one can give a really unbiased opinion Picture Quote #1

Theology emerged not as a course of knowledge but as a feast of homily and imagination and exaggeration in which every man could find his image and his portion. And yet there were limits Picture Quote #1

The average comedian is kind of an observer looking at everyday things that everyone could relate to and then trying to find the exaggeration in those things Picture Quote #1

There is an abundance of misinformation, exaggeration, and blatant lies being spread by interest groups regarding the prospects for embryonic stem cell research Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always been very upfront about the way I write, and I’ve always used the tools humorists use, such as exaggeration (Exaggeration Quotes) Exaggeration is in the course of things. Nature sends no creature, no man into the world, without adding a small excess of his proper quality. Given the planet, it is still necessary to add the impulse; so, to every creature nature added a little violence of direction in its proper path, a shove to put it on its way; in every instance, a slight generosity, a drop too much (Exaggeration Quotes) There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can’t tell the truth without lying (Exaggeration Quotes) To underestimate oneself is as much an exaggeration of one’s powers than the other (Exaggeration Quotes) The upshot of her tirade was that I was the devil’s spawn and should be locked up in a tower before I unleashed hordes of the living dead to slaughter them all in their sleep. Well, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but not by much (Exaggeration Quotes) You look wonderful together and it is, no doubt, not an exaggeration to say that you are just made for each other. In my eyes, you are the best couple in the world. God bless both of you (Exaggeration Quotes) The kind of vocal exaggeration that I developed was based on what key songs were in (Exaggeration Quotes) My act is an exaggeration of a part of me. I’m much more expressive off stage (Exaggeration Quotes) I’ve played drug dealers, all my life. I’ve made a career of killing people and playing all kinds of killers. The violence and drugs is portrayed in exaggeration. This is fiction. That is how I looked at it. And, sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Just open a newspaper (Exaggeration Quotes) My childhood proved to me that there could be no enjoyment of football without community. But it becomes difficult when this community is having problems with its identity. That’s when we experience all possible forms of nationalist exaggeration. (Exaggeration Quotes) Optimism isn’t funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. It’s exaggeration. (Exaggeration Quotes) The English language has 112 words for deception, according to one count, each with a different shade of meaning: collusion, fakery, malingering, self-deception, confabulation, prevarication, exaggeration, denial. (Exaggeration Quotes) Some people accuse me of exaggeration, so let me be clear. Those people seek nothing less than the complete and utter destruction of the American way of life. (Exaggeration Quotes) But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face. (Exaggeration Quotes) Barack Obama’s a terrible commander-in-chief. He is gutting our military. It’s not an exaggeration. (Exaggeration Quotes) It is in fact no exaggeration to say that we live in terror that Senator McCarthy will one day make some irreparable blunder that will play directly into the hands of our common enemy and discredit the whole anti-Communist effort for a long while to come. (Exaggeration Quotes) Economic problems have no sharp edges. They shade off imperceptibly into politics, sociology, and ethics. Indeed, it is hardly an exaggeration to say that the ultimate answer to every economic problem lies in some other field (Exaggeration Quotes) Holding this book in your hand, sinking back in your soft armchair, you will say to yourself: perhaps it will amuse me. And after you have read this story of great misfortunes, you will no doubt dine well, blaming the author for your own insensitivity, accusing him of wild exaggeration and flights of fancy. But rest assured: this tragedy is not a fiction. All is true (Exaggeration Quotes) The men who are messing up their lives, their families, and their world in their quest to feel man enough are not exercising truemasculinity, but a grotesque exaggeration of what they think a man is. When we see men overdoing their masculinity, we can assume that they haven’t been raised by men, that they have taken cultural stereotypes literally, and that they are scared they aren’t being manly enough (Exaggeration Quotes) If a spectacle is going to be particularly imposing I prefer to see it through somebody else’s eyes, because that man will always exaggerate. Then I can exaggerate his exaggeration, and my account of the thing will be the most impressive (Exaggeration Quotes) It’s only a slight exaggeration to say we haven’t progressed much beyond the invention of agriculture when it comes to our view of the natural world (Exaggeration Quotes) I was never really an impressionist. If there was somebody within my range, maybe I could work on it and do a little exaggeration of them - which I think is really the way to do an impression (Exaggeration Quotes) Is it possible that the portrait of the divine Son of God is an exaggeration, at best, or a complete fabrication, at worst, of the original Jesus (Exaggeration Quotes) It’s no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another (Exaggeration Quotes) Exaggeration of every kind is as essential to journalism as it is to dramatic art, for the object of journalism is to make events go as far as possible (Exaggeration Quotes) Today it is considered as exaggeration to proclaim constant respect for every form of life as being the serious demand of a rational ethic. But the time is coming when people will be amazed that the human race existed so long before it recognized that thoughtless injury to life is incompatible with real ethics. Ethics is in its unqualified form extended responsibility to everything that has life (Exaggeration Quotes) Where there is no exaggeration there is no love, and where there is no love there is no understanding. It is only about things that do not interest one, that one can give a really unbiased opinion (Exaggeration Quotes) Theology emerged not as a course of knowledge but as a feast of homily and imagination and exaggeration in which every man could find his image and his portion. And yet there were limits (Exaggeration Quotes) The average comedian is kind of an observer looking at everyday things that everyone could relate to and then trying to find the exaggeration in those things (Exaggeration Quotes) There is an abundance of misinformation, exaggeration, and blatant lies being spread by interest groups regarding the prospects for embryonic stem cell research (Exaggeration Quotes)

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