Overused Expressions Quotes

There are many bad things in this world of ours, but the use of the word 'monetize' has to rank high among them. Also, 'incentivize.' Actually, all the '-ize' words, like 'contextualize' and 'utilize' and 'prioritize.' And - this is almost too horrible to type - 'juniorize.'

People regurgitate the same old cliches and it becomes like a photocopy of a photocopy of something that's vaguely interesting.

A cliche is everything you've ever heard of.

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.

All we have, all we are, are clichés.

I don't like catchphrases either. A current one would be, "Bye, Felicia." It's used so much that we don't even know the origin anymore.

Buzzwords and cliches - those are stock in trade. There's nothing wrong with them.

Clichés so often befall vain people.

Cliches are cliches because they are true.

Cliches are what make you understand something.

I hate cliche.

Cliches and adjectives permeated my prose.

The words I overuse are all adverbs.

Two cliches make us laugh. A hundred cliches move us. For we sense dimly that the cliches are talking among themselves, and celebrating a reunion.

You need cliches. Cliches are what people respond to.

People love cliches. If you can give people cliches, that's very good TV, then.

Most of my cliches aren't original.

I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.

There are no worse cliches than southern cliches. They make my skin crawl.

The reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication.

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

I'm terrified of cliches.