Overrated Quotes
I don’t mean to make a big deal out of sobriety, by the way. Of all the modes of human consciousness available to the modern consumer I consider it to be the most overrated.
Cezanne was fated, as his passion was immense, to be immensely neglected, immensely misunderstood, and now, I think, immensely overrated.
I'll tell you an explanation that I find commonly overrated and speculative in the extreme: the idea that things that succeed in popular culture do that because they hit the temper of the times.
The most overrated tool: a pasta maker. Why make it when you can buy it? It's a lot of work!
The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success for 50 years without his lack of talent ever being discovered.
All the selling out talk is really overrated, the funny thing is it hardly ever comes from bands, it comes from some kid who thinks they're so punk because they have a purple mohawk
Creation's probably overrated. After all, God made the world in only six days and rested on the seventh.
New ideas are one of the most overrated concepts of our time. Most of the important ideas that we live with aren't new at all.
Instant gratification is so overrated. It's about the process. It's the difficulty. It's the grind of all of it that you better enjoy. That's what makes it great.
This walking business is overrated: I mastered the art of doing it when I was quite small, and in any case, what are taxis for?
I would have ten children. I think they are the most fascinating, and it's the only thing in the world that hasn't been overrated.
Larry Bird is overrated in a lot of areas. ... Why does he get so much publicity? Because he's white. You never hear about a black player being the greatest.
I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.
Advice is overrated. Before you learn what others know, you need to learn what YOU know.
Vanity's really overrated. When I was 20, teenage girls had my picture on the wall... I don't need to be pretty anymore. I just am who I am.
In my opinion, moderation is a vastly overrated virtue, particularly when applied to work
The great pyramid is overrated. It's a bad design. The lounge is going to be huge, but the bedroom is going to be tiny.
Verbal ability is a highly overrated thing in a guy, and it's our pathetic need for it that gets us into so much trouble.
I think the 20s are a vastly overrated decade. We promise kids that once they get out of school, life will begin and their dreams will come true. But then comes the struggle.
Nothing in our culture, not even home computers, is more overrated than the epidermal felicity of two featherless bipeds in desperate congress.
