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Quotes About Overuse

We use important words too frequently and they lose value; for instance, charm and great. An actor or musician often is proclaimedgreat when we really mean he is outstanding.
~ Eleanor Robson Belmont
She kept . . . using the, well, the quote L-word itself several times without irony or any evident awareness that the word has through tactical over-deployment become trite and requires invisible quotes around it now at the very least.
~ David Foster Wallace
The word 'change' has been abused so many times.
~ Najib Razak
Vane diventano le parole ripetute troppe volte.
~ Margaret Mazzantini
Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.
~ Ray Charles
Sweets nourish and sedate in moderation, but prolonged overuse causes the cells to reject insulin and blood sugar, resulting in a depressed tissue state, i.e., type II diabetes
~ Unknown
every single Person has their own expression which he or she overuses. Or uses incorrectly. These words or phrases are the key to their intellect. Mr. "Apparently," Mr. "Generally," Mrs. "Probably," Mr. "Fucking," Mrs. "Don't You Think?," Mr. "As If.
~ Olga Tokarczuk