Cliche Quotes

• It was like a cliche for the parents in my hometown to let their kids watch 'Friends.' I had no interest at first, because I could not understand a word.

  

  Kim Nam-joon BTS
  • Kids
  • Parents
  • Understand

• The cliché of the 'Eureka!' moment easily obscures the doubt and uncertainty that are also part of the discovery process.

  

  Janet Maslin
  • Process
  • Discovery
  • Eureka

• The American Dream - I believe in that cliche because I know what having nothing feels like.

  

  Benji Madden Good Charlotte
  • I Believe
  • American Dream
  • Cliche

• I stay in touch with a lot of the cast - Jess Fox, Jen Metcalfe and Nikki Sanderson and probably more that I've missed out. It's a cliche, but it really is like a family at 'Hollyoaks.'

  

  Rachel Shenton
  • Family
  • Really
  • Touch

• To me the most important thing is a good story, though I know how cliche that sounds.

  

  Josh Trank
  • Story
  • Sounds
  • Cliche

• He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

  

  Harold MacMillan
  • Forever
  • Between
  • Cliche

• Most of my work for the past 25 years has been devoted to organizing demonstrations, benefits and campaigns, many of which have had the effect of bringing a policy debate to public focus or moving a political agenda forward. It's become a cliché to say 'think globally and act locally,' but it works.

  

  Peter Yarrow
  • Work
  • Debate
  • Demonstrations

• Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There is obviously no rule about this, except that anything that you suspect of being a cliche undoubtedly is one and had better be removed.

  

  Wolcott Gibbs
  • Anything
  • Except
  • Suspect

• Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

  

  William Lewis Safir
  • Lasts
  • Plague
  • Superlatives

• I'm a cliche.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Cliche

• The idea that all the people locked up in mental hospitals are sane while all the people walking about are mad is merely a literary cliche, put about by people who should be locked up. I assure you there is not much in it. Taken as a whole, the sane are out there the sick are in here. For example you are in here because you have delusions that sane people are put in mental hospitals.

  

  Tom Stoppard
  • People
  • Up
  • Taken

• Paris is an unsolved puzzle. She inspires me in a way that other places don't. And she demands more of me. Just try to write about her without bumping into cliche after cliche.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Write
  • Paris
  • Inspires

• 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger?' In my case, I suppose it's not just a cliche.

  

  Saul Niguez
  • Kill
  • Stronger
  • Cliche

• My daughter is the biggest gift; I've said it so many times and it sounds like a cliche, but the thing about being a parent is when you think you've cracked it, and you're on top of your game, they change again and you have to catch up and adjust. I feel such a responsibility to instill good values in her, to be polite, to have discipline.

  

  Geri Halliwell Spice Girls
  • Game
  • Discipline
  • Gift

• What is good today may be a cliche tomorrow.

  

  Alexey Brodovitch
  • Today
  • Tomorrow
  • Cliche

• Do not put statements in the negative form. And don't start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. Unqualified superlatives are the worst of all. De-accession euphemisms. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky. Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

  

  William Lewis Safir
  • Long
  • Worst
  • Negative

• Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothing's funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable.

  

  Tom DeLonge Blink-182
  • Feel
  • Humor
  • Uncomfortable

• For me, beauty really does come from within, and that may sound cliche, but it's true.

  

  Normani Kordei Hamilton Fifth Harmony
  • True
  • Beauty
  • Sound

• Try to accomplish things you have always dreamt of while you can. I know it sounds cliche, but the biggest lesson I have learned is that life is precious; enjoy it while it lasts.

  

  Lisa Ling
  • Life
  • Enjoy
  • Accomplish

• I've often felt unattractive or different looking. As I've grown up, I've felt more comfortable in my own skin. It may sound cliche, but when you feel beautiful and strong on the inside, it shows on the outside.

  

  Angelina Jolie
  • Up
  • Different
  • May

• We all know about the car breaking down on a deserted road scenario. That's cliche. I'm thinking more of Cider with Rosie, as in, the dark side.

  

  Quentin S. Crisp
  • Thinking
  • Car
  • Dark Side

• Important things are inevitably cliche, but nobody wants to admit that.

  

  Chuck Klosterman
  • Important
  • Admit
  • Cliche

• I can't write another breakup record. That would be a real cliche.

  

  Adele
  • Real
  • Write
  • Record

• I think cliche is a good thing sometimes.

  

  Kevin Abstract
  • Sometimes
  • Cliche

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