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Understatement Quotes

To say I miss you is an understatement Picture Quote #1

Nothing in a language is less translatable than its modes of understatement Picture Quote #1

Yeah, something was wrong. That was the understatement of the year Picture Quote #1

The English have no soul; they have the understatement instead Picture Quote #1

I’m pretty blessed when it comes to clear skin. I owe that to being Cape Verdian. My whole family has great skin. My grandfather is 80 but doesn’t look a day over 50. And we all love the sun, too, so blessed is an understatement! Picture Quote #1

Who said that clothes make a statement? What an understatement that was. Clothes never shut up Picture Quote #1

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My father was a really funny guy. He lived a good long life. And he was the reason I wanted to be funny and become a comedian and a comedy writer, so to say that he’s somewhat of a mythic figure in my life would be an understatement Picture Quote #1

Kenney knows two essential truths about melodrama: First that it is most powerful when combined with irony and understatement; and second that it is a salient feature of modern life Picture Quote #1

To say that the vote fraud conspiracy theorists are tilting at windmills is an understatement. They’re using a legitimate public process to pursue an agenda that is, at best, grasping at straws and, at worse, partisan Picture Quote #1

However old-fashioned and right-wing this may sound, the American genius for language lies in understatement, in saying things simply, pointedly and quickly, and in making new and clean and swift what otherwise might be ponderous, round and slow Picture Quote #1

To say she was attractive would be an understatement. Calling her ‘attractive’ would be like calling the Taj Mahal a marble grave Picture Quote #1

In 1975, I left the burning city of Beirut for the quiet insanity of England. To say that short, frail and wispy 15-year-old me didn’t fit in would be such an understatement as to be a joke Picture Quote #1

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I’m obsessive. That’s the word for me. I obsess - perhaps to the point where it’s moderately dysfunctional. I tend to put a book through about 100 revisions. If anything, that’s an understatement. If there’s another author out there who does this sort of revision, I would really like to meet him. Maybe we could form some sort of support group Picture Quote #1

I was, in the 1960s, in a marriage. To use the word ‘bad’ would be perhaps the understatement of the year. It was dreadful Picture Quote #1

We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement Picture Quote #1

It is an understatement to say that in this society injustices abound: in truth, it is itself the quintessence of injustice Picture Quote #1

My father was a really funny guy. He lived a good long life. And he was the reason I wanted to be funny and become a comedian and a comedy writer, so to say that he’s somewhat of a mythic figure in my life would be an understatement Picture Quote #1

Whatever I’d say would be an understatement. I can only say my life was made much better by knowing him. He was one of the greatest people I’ve ever known, as a man, a friend, and a musician Picture Quote #1

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Emptiness and boredom: what a complete understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair and boredom Picture Quote #1

Whether you are sixteen or over sixty, remember, understatement is the rule of a fine makeup artist Picture Quote #1

A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations Picture Quote #1

People used to say obvious things ironically or as a form of understatement, but in the last few decades they seem to say it with a sense of discovery, and it worries me Picture Quote #1

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To say I miss you is an understatement (Understatement Quotes) Nothing in a language is less translatable than its modes of understatement (Understatement Quotes) Yeah, something was wrong. That was the understatement of the year (Understatement Quotes) The English have no soul; they have the understatement instead (Understatement Quotes) I’m pretty blessed when it comes to clear skin. I owe that to being Cape Verdian. My whole family has great skin. My grandfather is 80 but doesn’t look a day over 50. And we all love the sun, too, so blessed is an understatement! (Understatement Quotes) Who said that clothes make a statement? What an understatement that was. Clothes never shut up (Understatement Quotes) My father was a really funny guy. He lived a good long life. And he was the reason I wanted to be funny and become a comedian and a comedy writer, so to say that he’s somewhat of a mythic figure in my life would be an understatement. (Understatement Quotes) Kenney knows two essential truths about melodrama: First that it is most powerful when combined with irony and understatement; and second that it is a salient feature of modern life. (Understatement Quotes) To say that the vote fraud conspiracy theorists are tilting at windmills is an understatement. They’re using a legitimate public process to pursue an agenda that is, at best, grasping at straws and, at worse, partisan. (Understatement Quotes) However old-fashioned and right-wing this may sound, the American genius for language lies in understatement, in saying things simply, pointedly and quickly, and in making new and clean and swift what otherwise might be ponderous, round and slow. (Understatement Quotes) To say she was attractive would be an understatement. Calling her ‘attractive’ would be like calling the Taj Mahal a marble grave. (Understatement Quotes) In 1975, I left the burning city of Beirut for the quiet insanity of England. To say that short, frail and wispy 15-year-old me didn’t fit in would be such an understatement as to be a joke. (Understatement Quotes) I’m obsessive. That’s the word for me. I obsess - perhaps to the point where it’s moderately dysfunctional. I tend to put a book through about 100 revisions. If anything, that’s an understatement. If there’s another author out there who does this sort of revision, I would really like to meet him. Maybe we could form some sort of support group. (Understatement Quotes) I was, in the 1960s, in a marriage. To use the word ‘bad’ would be perhaps the understatement of the year. It was dreadful. (Understatement Quotes) We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement (Understatement Quotes) It is an understatement to say that in this society injustices abound: in truth, it is itself the quintessence of injustice (Understatement Quotes) My father was a really funny guy. He lived a good long life. And he was the reason I wanted to be funny and become a comedian and a comedy writer, so to say that he’s somewhat of a mythic figure in my life would be an understatement (Understatement Quotes) Whatever I’d say would be an understatement. I can only say my life was made much better by knowing him. He was one of the greatest people I’ve ever known, as a man, a friend, and a musician (Understatement Quotes) Emptiness and boredom: what a complete understatement. What I felt was complete desolation. Desolation, despair and boredom (Understatement Quotes) Whether you are sixteen or over sixty, remember, understatement is the rule of a fine makeup artist (Understatement Quotes) A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations (Understatement Quotes) People used to say obvious things ironically or as a form of understatement, but in the last few decades they seem to say it with a sense of discovery, and it worries me (Understatement Quotes)