Quotes About Exaggeration

Al Roker was the weather man in New York City, and three years ago we had a blizzard. We were supposed to have, according to Al, 4 to 12 inches of snow. That's his prediction. We had 36 inches. Giving him the benefit of the doubt, he was two feet off. THAT'S NOT EVEN IN THE BALLPARK! If you were a roofer and you built a roof and it was two feet off, you'd still be serving time.

The Carpenter said nothing but"The butter's spread too thick!"

If you don't drink 56 bottles of water a week, scientists say you should take a garden hose at the end of the week and shove it up your ass.

Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story.

Some article called me the most feared man in Silicon Valley. Good Lord! Why? My teenage boys got a kick out of it: 'Dad, how could this be true? You're not even the most feared person in this house.'

Hollywood is the only thing more ridiculous than Silicon Valley. There's nowhere else where it's stranger.

You nearly killed eight people! I managed to gasp out loud. My count was closer to twelve, returned Havisham as she opened the door. And anyhow, you can't nearly kill someone. Either they are dead or they are not.

The Goliath Corporation was to altruism what Genghis Khan was to soft furnishings.

The atmosphere in the room was so thick with dramatic clichés you could have cut it with a knife.

Extremists usually describe the middle course as extreme.

Seen from a distant star, the monotony of current events takes on fantastic proportions.

El peligro de llevar un diario es que se exagera todo, uno esta al acecho, forzando continuamente la verdad

Given to exaggeration in its feelings, a crowd is only impressed by excessive sentiments. An orator wishing to move a crowd must make an abusive use of violent affirmations. To exaggerate, to affirm, to resort to repetitions, and never to attempt to prove anything by reasoning are methods of argument well known to speakers at public meetings.

I think that is the big danger in keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything.

You exaggerate everything. You continually force the truth because you're always looking for something.

That's what I must avoid: I mustn't put strangeness where there's nothing. I think that is the danger of keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything, you are on the look-out, and you continually stretch the truth.

The work of art is the exaggeration of an idea.

Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable.

I was certainly a better actor after my five years in Hollywood. I had learned to be natural - never to exaggerate. I found I could act on the stage in just the same way as I had acted in a studio: using my ordinary voice, eliminating gestures, keeping everything extremely simple.

The impact of T.V. on our lives in general gets most things out of proportion.

Sometimes '24' can seem a little grand. Sometimes these things can seem a little outlandish.

Music is an outlet, so I'm not going to get things out that aren't true. Sometimes I do exaggerate - but only a little bit.

You can tell a more over-the-top incredible story if you use a nonfiction form.

If you're going to be ridiculous, be over-the-top ridiculous.