Substance Over Hype Quotes & Sayings

Mari was what was known as an underachiever, which even an underachiever knew was sociology code for "overfailer." She was famous in the Lore for the simple fact that one day she might be worth being famous. All hype-no substance. That was Mari. — Kresley Cole

What in the hell would they do with the farm program without us? — Dwayne Andreas

I don't know if directors go, 'Hey! We've got another suicide-let's call Robin Tunney! It's weird, but they're all different, and I guess it gives the characters some kind of power ... At least I play women who are strong enough to take the power into their own hands! And kill themselves! So many women in films just shoot themselves in the head anyway, because they're not really there for any reason. — Robin Tunney

I have developed a Samoan mentality. You have to be a gentleman everywhere but on the field. — Troy Polamalu

Ain't no haters going to rob me of my joy. — Diego Sanchez

A new word is like a fresh seed sown on the ground of the discussion. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

One by one the sands are flowing,
One by one the moments fall;
Some are coming, some are going;
Do not strive to grasp them all. — Adelaide Anne Procter

North Korea invites parody. We laugh at the excesses of the propaganda and the gullibility of the people. But consider that their indoctrination began in infancy, during the fourteen-hour days spent in factory day-care centers; that for the subsequent fifty years, every song, film, newspaper article, and billboard was designed to deify Kim Il-sung; that the country was hermetically sealed to keep out anything that might cast doubt on Kim Il-sung's divinity. Who could possibly resist? — Barbara Demick

I don't really collect guitars. — Roger McGuinn

Through measurement to knowledge. — Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

We cannot change the wind, we can only adjust our sails. — Del Suggs

Substance and content over style and hype any day. — Derwin L. Gray