Quotes About Exaggeration

Exageras tudo e, por certo, cometes pelo menos o erro de aceitar o suicídio, que é do que estamos falando agora, como se fosse uma grande ação, quando não é nada mais do que simplesmente fraqueza. Pois, para ser sincero, é mais fácil morrer do que suportar com firmeza uma vida de tormentos.

As usual, I shall tell my story badly; and you, as usual, will think me extravagant.

All news is an exaggeration of life.

I've made out more this season on a family-friendly show than ever in my actual life.

It's always great to play parts that are larger than life.

Most of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the books and talk that would describe it as interesting are obliged to exaggerate, in the hope of justifying their own existence.

One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.

I am convinced now that the desert has no heart, that it presents a riddle which has no answer, and that the riddle itself is an illusion created by some limitation or exaggeration of the displaced human consciousness.

Man is inclined to exaggerate almost everything — except his own mistakes.

Some folks never exaggerate — they just remember big.

No, the events which I am about to describe were simply too monstrous, too shocking to appear in print. They still are. It is no exaggeration to suggest that they would tear apart the entire fabric of society and, particularly at a time of war, this is something I cannot risk.

Part of the role of photography is to exaggerate, and that is an aspect that I have to puncture. I do that by showing the world as I really find it.

What's fun about comedy is you're pushing things a little further than you would in a drama; you're pushing reality a little bit more.

It is a very big exaggeration to say I am a friend of Mr. Putin.

In a satire, you need foolishness.

Fiction writers tend to err either making people more than they are or less than they are. I'd rather err on the side of the former.

Your friend Lila is calling from her car phone,' Ned said, half amused and half annoyed. 'Apparently something earth-shattering has come up, and unless she can talk to you this very second, she claims she will die.

Elizabeth couldn't help thinking that if Winston got any redder, they'd have to paint a white line in front of him and use him as a stop sign.

One idiot is one idiot. Two idiots are two idiots. Ten thousand idiots are a political party.

I think that as is true in this industry, everything gets blown out of proportion because it's more fun for people to read about. It's even more fun to read about if the stories get wilder and wilder.

The facts of Watergate have been wildly exaggerated.

I went window shopping today! I bought four windows.

'Maury' and 'Jerry Springer' get so theatrical that it's hard to believe.

Maneck studied beggermaster's excessive chatter, his attempt to hide his heartache. Why did human do that to their feelings? Whether it was anger or love or sadness, they always tried to put something else forward in its place. And then there were those who pretended their emotions were bigger and grander than anyone else's. A little annoyance they acted like gigantic rage; where a smile or chuckle will do, they laughed hysterically. Either way, it was dishonest.