(41 quotes found)
“Everywhere, unthinking mobs of 'independent thinkers' wield tired cliches like cudgels, pummeling those who dare question 'enlightened' dogma. ... Cliches begin arguments, they don't settle them.”
Jonah Goldberg
“It is a cliche, but if you took that edge away from Wayne he wouldn't be the same player. I'd rather have the Wayne Rooney we have now than any other,”
Rio Ferdinand
“I know it sounds stupid and cliche, but I just want to get better. I want to keep improving.”
Chase Utley
“The old cliche of the cartridges really was terribly important. It was the issue that broke the camel's back, in every sense.”
William Dalrymple
“This story is surrounded by myths and cliches and I worked hard to get through and find out what was true.”
David Margolick
“He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.”
Harold Macmillan
“It has become a cliche to say that Dick Cheney is the most powerful vice president in American history. Nonetheless, here is a prediction: When the historians really get digging into the paper entrails of the Bush administration -- or possibly when Scooter Libby goes on trial -- those who have intoned that phrase will still be astonished at the extent to which the Office of Vice President Dick Cheney was the center of power inside the White House -- and at the grip it had on foreign and defense policy.”
Daniel Benjamin
“I realize now the cliche, the power of the press.”
Carla Jordan
“This wisdom of crowds thing--it may be a cliche, but it's mostly true. What we're talking about here is a democracy, and it works, but you have to be careful before it gets out of control.”
Craig Newmark
“If I can use a cliche, he just has to be Andre Agassi ? the guy who weathered so much for so long. The guy who knows so much about matches and be every bit of Andre Agassi he can be. Against Roger Federer you have to bring your best because he sets the standard. There's no way Roger is going to give anything to anybody.”
Gil Reyes