107 Quotes About Clichés

Do you really believe ... that everything historians tell us about men – or about women – is actually true? You ought to consider the fact that these histories have been written by men, who never tell the truth except by accident.

Come on, it’s an American tradition. Apple soup? Mom’s homemade chicken pie?' She chuckled in spite of herself, then winced. 'It’s apple pie and Mom’s homemade chicken soup. But you didn’t do badly, for a start.

Swallowed my pride and shit lions.

[T]he wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile.

A society where everyone is following his own unique path has a much better chance to find the truth than the society where everyone is following some known cliché paths!

Clichés are the viruses that infect your writing with diseases.

Es gibt zwei Sorten von Männern. Die einen verstehen 'etwas von Frauen', die anderen sind solche, die einfach 'Frauen verstehen'. Ich weiß nicht, welche Sorte mir verdächtiger ist.

But maybe your outside of the box is someone else’s cliché …

Bobby had always said he loved that for children, cliché didn't exist. An author could have the most clichéd, stereotypical villain, yet children would soak it all up because it was new to them.