Quotes & Sayings About Being Overrated

Being like everyone else is highly overrated. — Mary E. Pearson

If being seen as worthy of employing is the best that school does for the schooled, then school is overrated. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Being dead is highly overrated. It's no fun at all.
Mythe: A Fairy Tale — P.J. Gordon

I don't have any terrific self-esteem issues but I do sometimes realise I've been too lucky and that I'm over-praised. It makes me nervous. I have this sense of being overrated. — Christopher Hitchens

Falling in love has been greatly overrated. Falling in love consists of 45 percent fear of not being accepted, 45 percent manic hope that this time the fear will be put to shame and a modest 10 percent frail awareness of the possibility of love.
I don't fall in love any more. Just like I don't get the mumps. — Peter Hoeg

Reason is overrated. Many pundits have argued that a good heart and steadfast moral clarity are superior to triangulations of overeducated policy wonks, like the best and brightest and that dragged us into the quagmire of Vietnam. And wasn't it reason that gave us the means to despoil the planet and threaten our species with weapons of mass destruction? In this way of thinking, it's character and conscience, not cold-hearted calculation, that will save us. Besides, a human being is not a brain on a stick. My fellow psychologists have shown that we're led by our bodies and our emotions and use our puny powers of reason merely to rationalize our gut feelings after the fact — Steven Pinker

Single life is so overrated. It sucks. — Rihanna

The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success for 50 years without his lack of talent ever being discovered. — Orson Welles

Being in love is highly overrated.
book: stuff i think about — Sondra Faye

What is the most overrated skill for an entrepreneur? The most overrated skill is skill. Luck is more important. The entrepreneur gets credit for being this genius, when really he was just at the right place at the right time. — Ken Hendricks

I think being central to the culture is overrated. Who really gives a damn if something is popular? Jay-Z isn't actually any better than James Joyce even though more people understand him. — Matthew Specktor

Normal is overrated and experience. Being just like everyone else, getting lost in the crowd is nothing to strive for. — S.L. Naeole

Being a martyr is highly overrated. — Patricia Briggs

Let me just say this - sometimes being a trailblazer is highly overrated. — Rob Lowe

Rivals accused Whitney of being overrated; bloggers accused her of being lucky. What she was, mainly, was right. — Michael Lewis

I think it would be pompous to say I am an underrated actor. I don't think it is for me to think and decide; it is for people to decide. But I am glad I am underrated than being overrated - that is something I would find hard to digest. — Randeep Hooda

Being queen is overrated. — Queen Rania Of Jordan

Being forever available to the rest of the world is overrated. I mean, what are 'missed calls' invented for? — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Being a gentleman is highly overrated. — J.L. Berg

Suffering for your art is most definitely overrated but I do get a certain, I don't know, satisfaction from being able to deal with my paranoia and insecurity. — Beth Gibbons

But being smart was overrated. Being stupid and brave and curious? Now that's something stories are made of. Dimarion's — Traci Chee

I should, seeing as how I'm hungry, annoyed, and your antics are reminding me why being a vegetarian is overrated." "Your kind don't eat humans." Despite her claim, the nurse pulled at the iron grip Wes had on her wrist. "My kind eats whatever the fuck it wants, and we know how to not leave a trace behind. So, human" - amazing — Eve Langlais

Sincerity and gravity, in Magnus's opinion, were highly overrated, as was being forced to relive unpleasant memories. He would much rather be amused and amusing. — Cassandra Clare

Being the hot girl ... you wouldn't want that. It's overrated. Being sexy is actually really boring to me. I'd rather be ... I'd rather be interesting. — Amelia Warner

I'm proud of being British, but I think our aristocracy is overrated. — Paloma Faith

Now there is this whole terror about getting old. Today, that fascination with youth is overrated. What's so special about being young? I just say that because I'm old. — Peter Lindbergh

I think fitting in is highly overrated. I'd rather just fit out ... Fitting out means being who you are, even when people insist that you have to change. Fitting out means taking up space, not apologizing for yourself, and not agreeing with those who seek to label you with stereotypes. — Golda Poretsky

Being normal is overrated. Normal gets you what - the dolt husband with the 2.5 kids and the house with the dog? You seriously want that? I mean, one of those kids is going to be really funny looking, by the way, all cut in half like that. Who wants half a kid? — H.M. Ward

Being an icon is overrated, remember an icon can be moved by a mouse — William Shatner

Larry Bird is overrated in a lot of areas ... Why does he get so much publicity? Because he's white. You never hear about a black player being the greatest. — Dennis Rodman

I recognize that I possess a very special intellect, but at the same time, I recognize that I'm lacking in a lot of areas. But being well-rounded is greatly overrated. — John Carmack

Niceness is an overrated quality. Being nice is how a man pays his way into a party if he hasn't the guts to be tough or the class to be brilliant. — Trevanian

And after some talk we agreed that the wisdom of rats had been grossly overrated, being in fact no greater than that of men. — Joseph Conrad

According to Sarah, who had gone two years ago, prom was famous for being an overpriced disappointment where most people had no fun. — Cammie McGovern

Being human is overrated. — Mark Penn