#platitude

Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense. ↗

— Arthur Hays Sulzberger

#concentrating #generation #ignoring #immense #negative

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#platitudes #true #yes

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? ↗

— Norman Douglas

#platitudes #save #wisdom

Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes. ↗

— Che Guevara

#am #call #different #different sort #his

A platitude is simply a truth repeated till people get tired of hearing it. ↗

— Stanley Baldwin

#hearing #people #platitude #repeated #simply

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first improve our knowledge. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#clear #first #improve #knowledge #longer

The Chautauqua Institution is truly a national treasure. It is a place for contemplation and a place for reflection, a place where platitudes and slogans can be set aside and be replaced by thoughtfulness and introspection. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#contemplation #institution #introspection #national #place

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. ↗

— Van Wyck Brooks

#courage #his #man #platitudes #successful

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#good #kin #life #makes #modern

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes. ↗

— Thornton Wilder

#orchestration #platitudes