Exaggeration Quotes
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When I say this is the hardest job in the district I'm not exaggerating. (Quote by - Joy Torgerson)
The dimensions of videogame characters, even when they're scanned from real people, are beefed up with exaggerated proportions in games like Def Jam: Fight for NY to give them more pop. (Quote by - Cliff Bleszinski)
Everything was embellished, everything was exaggerated. If one guy said he saw six bodies, then another guy the same six, and another guy saw them - then that became 18. (Quote by - Warren Riley)
I think that the bitter left has been, frankly, exaggerating his positions and has been, you know, out of bounds in the opposition and the way that they have expressed their opposition to him, .. The proof will be in the pudding. (Quote by - Trent Lott)
Never exaggerate your faults, your friends will attend to that. (Quote by - Bob Edwards)
We always weaken everything we exaggerate. (Quote by - La Harpe)
I think the newspaper headline might have over-exaggerated the comments in the book,. (Quote by - Michael Vaughan)
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft. (Quote by - Walter Bagehot)
The reports of all those firms raising prices appears to be greatly exaggerated. (Quote by - Joel Naroff)
Rumors of our demise were obviously grossly exaggerated. (Quote by - Goldy Hyder)
It is human to exaggerate the merits of the dead. (Quote by - Mark Twain)
All news is an exaggeration of life. (Quote by - Daniel Schorr)
To paraphrase Mark Twain, our demise is greatly exaggerated. (Quote by - Chris Donlay)
It is only a short step from exaggerating what we can find in the world to exaggerating our power to remake the world. Expecting more novelty than there is, more greatness than there is, and more strangeness than there is, we imagine ourselves masters of a plastic universe. But a world we can shape to our will is a shapeless world. (Quote by - Daniel J. Boorstin)
This is all that happened at the border and was very much exaggerated,. (Quote by - Bayan Jabr)
You exaggerate your own reactions. (Quote by - Dylan Moran)
That suggests to me that the claims that there were lots of killings at the two major shelters were exaggerated,. (Quote by - Eddie Jordan)
Every Vice Is Only An Exaggeration Of A Necessary And Virtuous Function. (Quote by - Sahil)
Idle brains exaggerate matters; and cynics cause great social damage. (Quote by - Atharva Veda)
The use of exaggeration toward your opponent is, I think, timeless. (Quote by - Dennis Simon)
We exaggerated the threat. We worst-cased it and then acted as if that worst case was the most likely case. (Quote by - Joseph Cirincione)
Actually it was more like five times. I over exaggerated. (Quote by - Linette Johnson)
Remembering is a necessary rebuke to those who say the Holocaust never happened or has been exaggerated. (Quote by - Kofi Annan)
We are all so quick to judge around here, but the demise of Shaquille O'Neal has been greatly exaggerated. I guarantee you that. (Quote by - Pat Riley)
Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to. (Quote by - Jonathan Swift)
How many may a man of diffusive conversation count among his acquaintances, whose lives have been signalized by numberless escapes; who never cross the river but in a storm, or take a journey into the country without more adventures than befel the knights-errant of ancient times in pathless forests or enchanted castles! How many must he know, to whom portents and prodigies are of daily occurrence; and for whom nature is hourly working wonders invisible to every other eye, only to supply them with subjects of conversation? (Quote by - Samuel Johnson )
As far as exaggerations, I was in the moment,. (Quote by - Ray Nagin)
To A Small Man Every Greater Is An Exaggeration. (Quote by - Sahil)
An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper. (Quote by - Kahlil Gibran)
There are incentives for any state to exaggerate an external threat. If people feel insecure and have fear, they want to be protected. Even if you're living under wretched conditions, you think it is better than the alternative. (Quote by - Daniel Pinkston)
Some folks never exaggerate - they just remember big. (Quote by - Audrey Snead and Chi Chi Rodriguez)
The demise of Shaquille O'Neal has been greatly exaggerated. I can guarantee you that - and I coach him. (Quote by - Pat Riley)
I never exaggerate. I just remember big. (Quote by - Chi Chi Rodriguez)
It's amazing to say, and this is not an exaggeration, that Bob Rubin has more influence today on Capitol Hill than the current Treasury Secretary. (Quote by - Charles Valliere)
I am probably exaggerating a little, but I owe my equilibrium to ink and paper. (Quote by - Julian Green)
Exaggeration misleads the credulous and offends the perceptive. (Quote by - Eliza Cook)
Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning. (Quote by - Tryon Edwards)
Everybody exaggerates a little bit. (Quote by - Bubba Watson)
He'll want to do whatever is necessary to counter this exaggerated image of 'Helicopter Ben'. That means he doesn't want to show weakness in regards to enemy No. 1, and that's price inflation. (Quote by - John Lonski)
My colleague, Chuck, said -- I know it sounds like such an exaggeration -- but we felt like we were on the last helicopters out of Saigon at the collapse of the Vietnam War. It had that kind of feel. (Quote by - Susan Maher)
I think we're at a fairly exaggerated level. The market is considering worst case scenarios. (Quote by - Ken Miller)
We thought they were exaggerating before we saw the evidence in the ground, .. But - clearly - they were living on the edge. No wonder there were so many deaths. (Quote by - William Kelso)
There is no one who does not exaggerate. In conversation, men are encumbered with personality, and talk too much. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
As such, currency moves are being exaggerated as small lumpy flows meet low liquidity. (Quote by - John Kyriakopoulos)
We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. (Quote by - Honore De Balzac)
Although a heightened degree of overseas job outsourcing is probably taking place, the phenomenon is likely exaggerated by newspaper headlines; in any event, the net impact on aggregate employment is positive in the long run, .. unwarranted. (Quote by - Mickey Levy)
Maybe that's a little bit of an exaggeration -- I don't remember the exact number. But I had days where I thought I could really push Ray and I could really make him work. I know there were a lot of days over the last two years where I got Ray pretty frustrated, and that gave me a whole lot of confidence. (Quote by - Wes Miller)
Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
I have visitors coming from Europe every week—and I'm not exaggerating. (Quote by - Guy Cogeval)
What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. (Quote by - French Proverb)
Rumors of coal's demise may have been greatly exaggerated. (Quote by - Alan Johnson)
That's probably not exaggerated. These are huge, multinational companies they've brought to their knees. (Quote by - Mary Hanley)
Exaggeration is the inseparable companion of greatness. (Quote by - Voltaire)
I don't want to exaggerate it, so I'll just say massively more. (Quote by - Ralph Nader)
We tend to exaggerate our moves, especially in the summertime. We'll see the same sort of upward movement [next week] and retrace half of this [downward] move on Monday and Tuesday. (Quote by - Art Hogan)
What happens, I think, is especially for comic effect you find something about yourself that you don't like. You exaggerate it, and it's funny. (Quote by - Wayne Knight)
It is probably no exaggeration to say that she is Britain's preeminent living novelist. (Quote by - William Boyd)
The star ratings of niche funds are likely to be more volatile. On occasion, they may look exaggerated compared to the category, and you'll have to take them with a grain of salt. (Quote by - Dan Culloton)
I do not exaggerate when I say that the Hong Kong ministerial meeting is on a knife-edge,. (Quote by - Peter Mandelson)
The election is exaggerating the short term, but it's not the issue. The issue is the deceleration of earnings and the contraction of multiples because prices got way out of whack with what future earnings were going to be. (Quote by - Terence Gabriel)
All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable. (Quote by - Walt Disney)
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. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Every dog and cat in the neighborhood is getting killed one-by-one, and it's really not an exaggeration, .. They've gotten all the chickens and a dog behind my house. Some of the people here are retired, and their animals are like their kids. (Quote by - Charles Newman)
I am hyper about not using numbers that exaggerate and inflame. Our message is we don't want you to live in fear … but you have to be alert and aware. (Quote by - Ernie Allen)
'Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
It seemed to be exaggerated. He went from really being a kid to turning the corner in a very short period of time. You could tell, the arm strength, the foot speed. He was really a different person from 15 years old to 16 years old. (Quote by - Yates Hall)
I would not want to over-exaggerate (but).. they represent a degree of momentum. Let's see whether there is the appetite there to really try and move it forward. (Quote by - Crawford Falconer)
It's kind of hard to explain, but he looked so powerful, it was easy to exaggerate his size. (Quote by - Russell Hawkins)
This number is grossly exaggerated. (Quote by - Thomas Viall)
There are people so addicted to exaggeration they can't tell the truth without lying. (Quote by - Josh Billings)
Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. (Quote by - Proverb)
I think it's very funny that someone would exaggerate to make himself look worse. (Quote by - David Leavitt)
The latter estimate is certainly an extravagant exaggeration,. (Quote by - Helmut Schmidt)
Thought is a process of exaggeration. The refusal to exaggerate is not infrequently an alibi for the disinclination to think or praise. (Quote by - Eric Hoffer)
There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying. (Quote by - Josh Billings)
I don't think it is an exaggeration to say you have helped save Nortel. (Quote by - Mike Zafirovski)
The drops are exaggerated because there is a buyers strike and there is no one to catch that falling knife. (Quote by - Brian Finnerty)
It actually would be virtually impossible to exaggerate the magnitude of the state's fiscal problem. And the governor-elect means what he's said about campaign-finance reform. And that intrinsically creates a very tough agenda. (Quote by - Orin Kramer)
By speaking, by thinking, we undertake to clarify things, and that forces us to exacerbate them, dislocate them, schematize them. Every concept is in itself an exaggeration. (Quote by - Jose Ortega y Gasset)
All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate. (Quote by - Nicolas Chamfort)
He could coach 20 more years. I mean, I'm not exaggerating. (Quote by - Jay Paterno)
The U.S. has exaggerated its trade deficit with China. (Quote by - Chong Quan)
Inflated descriptions by the pen or exaggerated illustrations by the pencil. (Quote by - Grace Darling)
The market always exaggerates on first sight. (Quote by - Marcelo Porto)
It is no exaggeration to say that Israeli policy in the occupied territories is not simply a matter of foreign policy - it is a matter for British domestic security policy too,. (Quote by - John Denham)
Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones. (Quote by - Ernest Hemingway)
Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style -but a particular kind of style. It is love of the exaggerated. (Quote by - Sontag, Susan)
To a small man every greater is an exaggeration. (Quote by - Henry David Thoreau)
Speculators pushed the prices beyond even the most bullish estimates, because they exaggerated (supply shortage fears), but now I think we see the party's over. (Quote by - Fadel Gheit)
If you add to the truth, you subtract from it. (Quote by - The Talmud)
I'm proud of this country's economic record and its achievements. But let's have no exaggerated gloating. (Quote by - Peter Mandelson)
He's the type who makes mountains out of molehills and then sells climbing equipment. (Quote by - Ivern Ball)
It Is Human To Exaggerate The Merits Of The Dead. (Quote by - Sahil)
We Overstate The Ills Of Life, And Take Imagination… Down Our Earth To Rake. (Quote by - Sahil)
I skied a mid-mountain run for my first run this morning and was, without an ounce of exaggeration, choking on the snow. (Quote by - Jeremy Roche)
It may be an exaggeration to say that Mr. Best is gravely ill. But he is certainly severely ill and is fighting for his life,. (Quote by - Roger Williams)
I don't exaggerate - I just remember big. (Quote by - Chi Chi Rodriguez)
Mark Twain put it best when he said, 'Reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated,. (Quote by - Bill Bradley)
It's an exaggeration to say they took Neon guts and built a truck over it, but took a lot of things in that platform and modified it. (Quote by - Rod Lache)
Clearly, reports of the housing market's demise have been greatly exaggerated. (Quote by - Stephen Stanley)
There's no disappointment in memory, and one's exaggerations are always on the good side. (Quote by - George Eliot)
Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else. (Quote by - George Bernard Shaw)
There were some things that were over-exaggerated. (Quote by - Victoria Gotti)
I don't want to tell you how much insurance I carry with the Prudential, but all I can say is: when I go, they go too. (Quote by - Jack Benny)
Danger lies in the writer becoming the victim of his own exaggeration, losing the exact notion of sincerity, and in the end coming to despise truth itself as something too cold, too blunt for his purpose -- as, in fact, not good enough for his insistent emotion. From laughter and tears the descent is easy to sniveling and giggles. (Quote by - Joseph Conrad )
Historically, the market has tended to exaggerate the impact of hurricanes. (Quote by - James Steel)
It is the essence of truth that it is never excessive. Why should it exaggerate? There is that which should be destroyed and that which should be simply illuminated and studied. How great is the force of benevolent and searching examination! We must not resort to the flame where only light is required. (Quote by - Victor Hugo)
It's not an exaggeration to say that we're on the verge of a meltdown. (Quote by - John Hart)
The little boy was trembling uncontrollably, .. His little legs were shaking so badly as to appear exaggerated. Yet, he was so scared that he was too scared to cry. (Quote by - Brian Nichols)
Dr. Rice's record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war in order to support the President's decision to initiate military action against Iraq. (Quote by - Carl Levin)
We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)
If our intelligence is either manipulated or if it's shaded or if in some way it is exaggerated, it is very, very dangerous for us, particularly as we go down the road and look at other threats,. (Quote by - Carl Levin)
He was flamboyant, he exaggerated, he had flash and glitter. He fit into my image of what Hollywood was all about. None of that translated to me that he couldn't do the project. (Quote by - Dana Rohrabacher)
Exaggeration, the inseparable companion of greatness. (Quote by - Voltaire)
Which shows that some of these claims can be highly exaggerated. (Quote by - Christi Gallagher)
False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis. (Quote by - William R. Alger)
January's results were clearly exaggerated, but the underlying trend is still surprisingly healthy. (Quote by - Sherry Cooper)
You cannot exaggerate the awe factor of the Communicator and the buzz it created in the industry. It was a real breakthrough. (Quote by - Ben Woods)
Every age develops its own peculiar forms of pathology, which express in exaggerated form its underlying character structure. (Quote by - Christopher Lasch)
The risks are highly exaggerated. (Quote by - Joyce Nettleton)
We'd be exaggerating if we said it was going to have a large effect. (Quote by - Risto Siilasmaa)
They've got a short fuse and their reactions are exaggerated. (Quote by - Keith Delaplane)
These jobless claims figures strongly suggest that any discussion of a runaway economic recovery have been greatly exaggerated. Instead, what we see here is a recovery that continues to face significant headwinds emanating from the employment front. (Quote by - Anthony Chan)
There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. (Quote by - Mark Twain)
We're not exaggerating at all, it's definitely a different feeling. It's a little more comfortable. Things were more intense last year. Guys seem more comfortable about what they're doing on a day-to-day basis. It's a more relaxed atmosphere. It makes things easier to operate. (Quote by - Carl Crawford)
Recent speculation about the demise of the housing boom has been greatly exaggerated. (Quote by - Anthony Chan)
Yesterday's reaction was exaggerated. The trend is on the rise. Advanced Micro figures confirm it. (Quote by - Niccolo Pini)
To exaggerate is to weaken. (Quote by - Jean Francois de La Harpe)
Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable. (Quote by - Hosea Ballou)
