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Overused Quotes

This evening I begin a notebook. If anyone reads this, I trust they will forgive my overuse of "I". I can't stop it. I'm writing this. Jonathan Franzen
Alas. What have we done to our good, bawdy, Anglo-Saxon four-letter words? ...We have blunted them so with overuse that they no longer have any real meaning for us. ...When will we be able to redeem our shock words? They have been turned to marshmallows. ...We no longer have anything to cry in time of crisis. 'Help!' we bleat. And no one hears us. 'Help' is another of those four-letter words that don't mean anything any more. Madeleine L'Engle
Hilary Duff quote: "Soulmate" is an overused term, but a true soul connection is..."
Soulmate" is an overused term, but a true soul connection is very rare, and very real. Hilary Duff
Vladimir Mayakovsky quote: "Men, crumpled like bed-sheets in hospitals, And women,..."
Men, crumpled like bed-sheets in hospitals, And women, battered like overused proverbs. Vladimir Mayakovsky
I felt despair. The word’s overused and banalified now, despair, but it’s a serious word, and I’m using it seriously. For me it denotes a simple admixture — a weird yearning for death combined with a crushing sense of my own smallness and futility that presents as a fear of death. It’s maybe close to what people call dread or angst. But it’s not these things, quite. It’s more like wanting to die in order to escape the unbearable feeling of becoming aware that I’m small and weak and selfish... David Foster Wallace
What word or expression do you most overuse? Re-reading a collection of my stuff, I was rather startled to find that it was 'perhaps. Christopher Hitchens
I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn't poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy, I was deprived. Then they told me underpriviledged was overused, I was disadvantaged. I still don't have a dime, but I have a great vocabulary. Jules Feiffer
Steven Morrissey quote: "The word 'indie' is meaningless now. It's so over-used that..."
The word 'indie' is meaningless now. It's so over-used that people think it simply means green hair. Steven Morrissey
Richard Donner quote: "I think what some people are doing with effects is starting to..."
I think what some people are doing with effects is starting to get silly. It's overused. Richard Donner
Ted McGinley quote: "I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in..."
I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused. Ted McGinley
Artur Davis quote: "I think the most overused words in our vocabulary in the South..."
I think the most overused words in our vocabulary in the South are black and white. Artur Davis
Marlee Matlin quote: "I find the mantle of, she works hard for the money, or, she's..."
I find the mantle of, she works hard for the money, or, she's overcome so many obstacles a bit overused. Marlee Matlin
Arthur Schwartz quote: "I don't like to use 'gourmet' because it has become so..."
I don't like to use 'gourmet' because it has become so overused and abused. Arthur Schwartz
Fritz Kreisler quote: "Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a..."
Genius is an overused word. The world has known only about a half dozen geniuses. I got only fairly near. Fritz Kreisler
Worldwide is an overused word. But it's true that being known has given me new ideas and a chance to get to know new people who think in different ways. I want to hear myself referred to as Elie Saab, without labels or titles. Elie Saab

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