Overstated Quotes

Few new truths have ever won their way against the resistance of established ideas save by being overstated.

Today America lost a great elder statesman, a committed public servant, and leader of the Senate. And today I lost a treasured friend. Ted Kennedy was an iconic, larger than life United States senator whose influence cannot be overstated. Many have come before, and many will come after, but Ted Kennedy's name will always be remembered as someone who lived and breathed the United States Senate and the work completed within its chamber.

Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.

Dr. Rice's record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war in order to support the President's decision to initiate military action against Iraq.

Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated.

The importance of the river cannot be overstated in the history of the country, or the development of the nation.