Quotes of: Understatement Keyword

To ask if I am mischievous is the understatement of all time.

Malcolm Gets

The understatement is the English contribution to comedy.

Jim Davis

Great art projects a sense of inexhaustibility. In literature, particularly in poetry, this may be accomplished through ambiguity: Beneath each and every meaning that I can descry lie others, so that rereading holds out the prospect of new subtleties...

Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement, and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater

Yeah, something was wrong. That was the understatement of the year.

Prodigy

To say that I am organized is an understatement, but my car tells a different story.

Emily Procter

To say that my dad pushed me is an understatement. I was never naturally drawn to football.

Thierry Henry

We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement.

Jil Sander

I was, in the 1960s, in a marriage. To use the word 'bad' would be perhaps the understatement of the year. It was dreadful.

Sherwin B. Nuland

The way you walk is slash and burn. Like understatement's now a crime.

Love

I don't like being flattered. It doesn't suit my English sensibilities. Remember, we are the great country of understatement.

Martin Parr

It is an understatement to say that in this society injustices abound: In truth it is itself the quintessence of injustice.

Emil Cioran

Whether you are sixteen or over sixty, remember, understatement is the rule of a fine makeup artist.

Helena Rubinstein

A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations.

Russell Page

I first decided that I wanted to act when I was 9. And I was at a very bizarre prep school at the time; to say 'high Anglo-Catholic' would be a real English understatement.

John Hurt

Gillard is as likeable as Rudd is charmless. She is self-deprecating; he is ludicrously vainglorious. She is a mistress of understatement; he is a ranter.

Germaine Greer

People used to say obvious things ironically or as a form of understatement, but in the last few decades they seem to say it with a sense of discovery, and it worries me.

Clan Rathskeller

When you hear that China is overcrowded, that's an understatement. I was shocked at the number of people. Even in the rural areas. I was also shocked at the poverty and at the living conditions.

Rosemary Mahoney

Susan Vance: You've just had a bad day, that's all. David Huxley: That's a masterpiece of understatement.

Bringing Up Baby

Shut up, idiot,” he growled. “Oops,” Ian replied, looking uncomfortable. “I feel stupid, now.” Peter shook his head. “That's the understatement of the year.

Curvaceous Condemnation

To say she was attractive would be an understatement. Calling her 'attractive' would be like calling the Taj Mahal a marble grave.

I'm a Woman & I'm on SALE

I'm pretty blessed when it comes to clear skin. I owe that to being Cape Verdian. My whole family has great skin. My grandfather is 80 but doesn't look a day over 50. And we all love the sun, too, so blessed is an understatement!

Amber Rose