(10 quotes found)
“Indeed, he seemed to approach the grave as a hyperbolic curve approaches a straight line -- less directly as he got nearer, till it was doubtful if he would ever reach it at all.”
Thomas Hardy
“Unfortunately, I don't think $3 a gallon is a hyperbolic number in some markets anymore.”
Tom Kloza
“[Until then,] $3-per-gallon gasoline no longer represents hyperbole, ... It could be coming to your neighborhood sooner rather than later.”
“If it weren't for a good deal of what you might consider political hyperbole, we might not have gotten the attention of the FERC, which stiffed us for almost a year,”
Gray Davis
“What our mission is, without getting too hyperbolic, is to go into the Annapolis and Frederick races and use them as a microcosm as to what will happen next year. We're making sure everybody knows all the races are important to us.”
Josh White
“This is negotiating hyperbole.”
Nabil Shaath
“The bosoms may not heave as much. There's a lot of hyperbole and there's a lot of melodrama. I think we're going to modify it for our audiences.”
Nina Tassler
“I'm not going to disagree. It's hyperbole, but I'll agree with it.”
Logan Riddick
“You will see a Monster Raving Loony MP from Wales before you see Ukip.”
Alun Davies
“It makes sense that such a hyperbolic anointment would automatically induce backlash, ... Especially with pretty-boy actors, there are people lined up to see their lives fall apart... They anoint you sexiest guy alive and suddenly the public thirst for schadenfreude and to see you fail kicks in.”
Christopher Kelly
