Cliche Quotes

I love my kids, and the moments I have with them, and it's kind of weird, it's such an age old cliche, but the way that my sons, the way they make me feel when I look at them, the way they say things, no one else would probably react to them, but it's a special thing for me.

I didn't want to admit that I was falling into a cliche.

I'm just trying to really take it one day at a time, because for me - and I know this sounds cliche, whatever - I achieved my ultimate goal, and nothing can really top that, you know?

It's long been a cliche in Washington that if you hang a lamb chop in your window, guests will come.

It is a cliche these days to observe that the United States now possesses a global empire - different from Britain's and Rome's but an empire nonetheless.

It's the age-old thing - it's such a cliche - but why worry about things you have no control over?

The cliche is dead poetry.

Look, I've got incredible pride for my family. I've absolutely fallen into that cliche of a dad who could just happily talk about my daughter endlessly.

It's so cliche to say florals for spring. I really like a vintage-like dress that's floral. You can belt it; I like belts. I like wearing pretty dresses that are really comfortable, that you can spend the day in but also feel girly.

It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.

I admire actors who are bold and try to go forward over the cliche and propose something original to the audience.

Music has always been my constant, my salvation. It's cliche to write that, but it's true.

It is Barack Obama who is at war with this country. Recent events prove it. This is not a cliche. It's not a figure of speech. Obama is at war with the U.S. economy.

I'm a pretty cliche actor in that I hate watching myself on film.

It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.

Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is an American audience so practiced in turning off its ears and minds. And none can say that the response is ill advised.

I hate the cliche of 'just have fun,' but what I've seen in today's sports, especially with parents, is they put so much pressure on the kids.

I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds. They're the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I've ever met, my siblings.

My sound is very smooth. Not to be to cliche, but really sensual and sultry.

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.

I am against the whole cliche of the moment.

Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models.

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.

I prefer to speak of 'interdimensionals' rather than 'extraterrestrials' because the latter has connotations of 'little green men' and all the other cliche responses. Nor does it tell the full story.

It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.

Use it or lose it is a cliche because it's true.

I really do feel like Los Angeles is my home now and, as cliche as this sounds, I felt like I found myself here and I really know who I am now. There was a long period like I was drifting or floating through life, and now I feel like I have a definitive target - and future.

I'm like a bad musical cliche because I bring my guitar on the road and try to write songs in hotel rooms.

The challenge, really, on any new film is to try to avoid that and achieve a few moments that aren't cliche.

It sounds like a cliche but I also learnt that you're not going to fall for the right person until you really love yourself and feel good about how you are.