Quotes and sayings tagged 'trite'

And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit.

And ye shall offer for a sacrifice unto me a broken heart and a contrite spirit.

— Robert K. Dellenbach

I hated roses. I hated them for being so trite, so cliché

I hated roses. I hated them for being so trite, so cliché

— Justina Chen

Between the humble and contrite heart and the majesty of Heaven there

Between the humble and contrite heart and the majesty of Heaven there

— Hosea Ballou

The science of Contrology disproves that prevalent and all-too-trite saying; ‘You’re only

The science of Contrology disproves that prevalent and all-too-trite saying; ‘You’re only

— Joseph Pilates

It sounds trite, but I like telling stories.

It sounds trite, but I like telling stories.

— Rebecca Hall

Every adventure requires a first step. Trite but true, even here.

Every adventure requires a first step. Trite but true, even here.

— American McGee

A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because

A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because

— Ambrose Bierce

I am immensely contrite. And I’m sorry for the damage I’ve done.

I am immensely contrite. And I’m sorry for the damage I’ve done.

— Jayson Blair

There is nothing more trite than a period room imposed on a contemporary setting.

There is nothing more trite than a period room imposed on a contemporary setting.

— Van Day Truex

This may sound trite, but bad things happen to good people, and

This may sound trite, but bad things happen to good people, and

— Warren Rudman

It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no

It may sound trite, but using the weapons of the enemy, no

— Charles de Lint

He couldn’t even tell whether he was angry or contrite, whether it

He couldn’t even tell whether he was angry or contrite, whether it

— Richard Yates

Without Satan, with God only, how poor a universe, how trite a music!

Without Satan, with God only, how poor a universe, how trite a music!

— Olaf Stapledon

We made love. How pedestrian the words look-trite, worn, practically featureless with

We made love. How pedestrian the words look-trite, worn, practically featureless with

— Ken Kesey

It’s trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the

It’s trite to say that the world has gotten smaller in the

— Norman Spinrad

To claim that music is more important than oxygen would be trite

To claim that music is more important than oxygen would be trite

— Roddy Doyle

It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when

It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when

— Salma Hayek

The trite answer is that everything is true but none of it

The trite answer is that everything is true but none of it

— Patrick Marber

I know it sounds trite but I wanted to make a difference.

I know it sounds trite but I wanted to make a difference.

— Vince Cable

Every commonplace or trite observation is not a truism.

Every commonplace or trite observation is not a truism.

— Charles Lamb

It is a trite but true definition that examples work more forcibly

It is a trite but true definition that examples work more forcibly

— Henry Fielding

How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion.

How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion.

— Hosea Ballou

This sounds very simple and maybe even trite, but very few people

This sounds very simple and maybe even trite, but very few people

— Henri Nouwen

I’m not trying to justify myself, or say I’m not sorry, or not contrite.

I’m not trying to justify myself, or say I’m not sorry, or not contrite.

— Lance Armstrong

Still stands thine ancient sacrifice – An humble and a contrite heart.

Still stands thine ancient sacrifice – An humble and a contrite heart.

— Rudyard Kipling

You have to be a little contrite to get redemption.

You have to be a little contrite to get redemption.

— Steve Madden

It’s 12 amyl nitrites (one box), in conjunction with as many beers as necessary.

It’s 12 amyl nitrites (one box), in conjunction with as many beers as necessary.

— Hunter S. Thompson

A trite word is an overused word which has lost its identity

A trite word is an overused word which has lost its identity

— Anais Nin

Quotations (such as have point and lack triteness) from the great old

Quotations (such as have point and lack triteness) from the great old

— Louise Imogen Guiney

The trite objects of human efforts-possessions, superficial success, luxury-have always seemed contemptible

The trite objects of human efforts-possessions, superficial success, luxury-have always seemed contemptible

— Albert Einstein

Key statements made by latter-day prophets are not trite clichés. They

Key statements made by latter-day prophets are not trite clichés. They

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

Surely, nothing can be more plain or even more trite common sense

Surely, nothing can be more plain or even more trite common sense

— Joseph A. Schumpeter

Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes

Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes

— Pema Chodron

I’d like to be a working actor.It sounds really trite, but

I’d like to be a working actor.It sounds really trite, but

— Anne Hathaway

All of us should be much more humble and contrite when we

All of us should be much more humble and contrite when we

— Michael Eric Dyson

It can sound trite if you just say citizens need to be

It can sound trite if you just say citizens need to be

— Jeffrey Rosen

A humble and contrite heart knows that it can merit nothing before

A humble and contrite heart knows that it can merit nothing before

— Ole Hallesby

It is, of course, a trite observation to say that we live “

It is, of course, a trite observation to say that we live “

— Harold Macmillan

There’s nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything

There’s nothing trite about being consoled in a world that does everything

— Jan Karon

It is a trite but true Observation, that Examples work more forcibly

It is a trite but true Observation, that Examples work more forcibly

— Henry Fielding

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