Overstatements Quotes

#1. I hate the word superstar". I have never been able to think in those terms. They are overstatements. You don't hear them speak of Shakespeare as a superpoet. You don't hear them call Michelangelo a superpainter. They only apply the word to this mundane market

James Cagney

#2. It's probably incorrect to say that Islam is 'a religion of peace,' as some politicians like to say. Overstatements like that don't clarify anything.

Jay Parini

#3. And killing don't need no reason. This is ghetto. Reason is for rich people. We have madness.

Marlon James

#4. I hope that I am making myself understood. The Golden Temple once more appeared before me. Or rather, I should say that the breast was transformed into the Golden Temple.

Yukio Mishima

#5. Children are the most reasonable about discipline. When they tell you not to do something, it's always because they know why.

Criss Jami

#6. The difference between knowledge and wisdom is the former makes you a living, whilst the latter makes life worth living.

Habeeb Akande

#7. May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.

Alexander The Great