Quotes About Being Overrated

#1. Rivals accused Whitney of being overrated; bloggers accused her of being lucky. What she was, mainly, was right.

Michael Lewis

#2. I don't have any terrific self-esteem issues but I do sometimes realise I've been too lucky and that I'm over-praised. It makes me nervous. I have this sense of being overrated.

Christopher Hitchens

#3. I think it would be pompous to say I am an underrated actor. I don't think it is for me to think and decide; it is for people to decide. But I am glad I am underrated than being overrated - that is something I would find hard to digest.

Randeep Hooda

#4. I think being central to the culture is overrated. Who really gives a damn if something is popular? Jay-Z isn't actually any better than James Joyce even though more people understand him.

Matthew Specktor

#5. Being forever available to the rest of the world is overrated. I mean, what are 'missed calls' invented for?

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#6. Being queen is overrated.

Queen Rania Of Jordan

#7. According to Sarah, who had gone two years ago, prom was famous for being an overpriced disappointment where most people had no fun.

Cammie McGovern

#8. If being seen as worthy of employing is the best that school does for the schooled, then school is overrated.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#9. The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success for 50 years without his lack of talent ever being discovered.

Orson Welles

#10. Being human is overrated.

Mark Penn

#11. Sincerity and gravity, in Magnus's opinion, were highly overrated, as was being forced to relive unpleasant memories. He would much rather be amused and amusing.

Cassandra Clare

#12. Being the hot girl ... you wouldn't want that. It's overrated. Being sexy is actually really boring to me. I'd rather be ... I'd rather be interesting.

Amelia Warner

#13. Now there is this whole terror about getting old. Today, that fascination with youth is overrated. What's so special about being young? I just say that because I'm old.

Peter Lindbergh

#14. I recognize that I possess a very special intellect, but at the same time, I recognize that I'm lacking in a lot of areas. But being well-rounded is greatly overrated.

John Carmack

#15. Being normal is overrated. Normal gets you what - the dolt husband with the 2.5 kids and the house with the dog? You seriously want that? I mean, one of those kids is going to be really funny looking, by the way, all cut in half like that. Who wants half a kid?

H.M. Ward

#16. Normal is overrated and experience. Being just like everyone else, getting lost in the crowd is nothing to strive for.

S.L. Naeole

#17. Being a gentleman is highly overrated.

J.L. Berg

#18. And after some talk we agreed that the wisdom of rats had been grossly overrated, being in fact no greater than that of men.

Joseph Conrad

#19. Being like everyone else is highly overrated.

Mary E. Pearson

#20. What is the most overrated skill for an entrepreneur? The most overrated skill is skill. Luck is more important. The entrepreneur gets credit for being this genius, when really he was just at the right place at the right time.

Ken Hendricks

#21. Suffering for your art is most definitely overrated but I do get a certain, I don't know, satisfaction from being able to deal with my paranoia and insecurity.

Beth Gibbons

#22. But being smart was overrated. Being stupid and brave and curious? Now that's something stories are made of. Dimarion's

Traci Chee

#23. Being an icon is overrated, remember an icon can be moved by a mouse

William Shatner

#24. I think fitting in is highly overrated. I'd rather just fit out ... Fitting out means being who you are, even when people insist that you have to change. Fitting out means taking up space, not apologizing for yourself, and not agreeing with those who seek to label you with stereotypes.

Golda Poretsky

#25. Niceness is an overrated quality. Being nice is how a man pays his way into a party if he hasn't the guts to be tough or the class to be brilliant.

Trevanian

#26. Single life is so overrated. It sucks.

Rihanna

#27. Let me just say this - sometimes being a trailblazer is highly overrated.

Rob Lowe

#28. Being dead is highly overrated. It's no fun at all.
Mythe: A Fairy Tale

P.J. Gordon

#29. Being a martyr is highly overrated.

Patricia Briggs

#30. Larry Bird is overrated in a lot of areas ... Why does he get so much publicity? Because he's white. You never hear about a black player being the greatest.

Dennis Rodman

#31. I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated.

Paloma Faith

#32. Being in love is highly overrated.
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