Quotes You've Come to Detest

[Anonymous]

Well, it's not a quote, but it's a trite phrase:

"...on so many levels...". Gah.

It seems to be a favorite cliche of "The Bachelor/ette" reality show contestants.

Yes, I have accidentally landed on The Bachelor while channel surfing and just parked there and watched and watched and then accidentally tuned in again the next week and developed favorites... okay, so I have some issues I need to deal with.

[Anonymous]

"It is/was God's will."


I don't hear this so much here in NW DC, but I just got back from my hometown in a "values voters" kinda state. Which is a nicer way of saying "All the economically depressed households continuously vote against their self interest, in every national election, because they're anti-choice."

[Anonymous]

"boys will be boys"

[Anonymous]

"It's all good".... I despise that one!

[Anonymous]

another phrase:

"get on board with that"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Everything happens for a reason."

Grrr.

The reason (s): god is dead and we are alone in the universe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or maybe you always hated them?

"Dance like no one is watching" -- Why? Why must I dance like no one is watching? Wouldn't I dance better if others were, in fact, looking on?

"Be The Change You Want To See" -- WTF? How can I "be the change"? If I want a crosswalk in front of my daughter's school, should I lie down and be that crosswalk? And even if I accept this on a non-literal level, I just don't see how it helps.

"Well-behaved women rarely make history" I hate seeing this attributed to Marilyn Monroe when it's Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. And, actually, many well-behaved women make history, but anyway.

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I think that you are missing the point of what "well-behaved" meant to Ulrich.

I kinda think OP misses the point of all her examples. "Be the change" means you do something to get that crosswalk put in, not just complain that there isn't one. "Dance like no one is watching" means to behave unselfconsciously. It's not about the quality of your dancing.

[Anonymous]

I kind of like this post. Some of these quotes are annoying because they are trite and overused, but some people we encounter will treat them as revolutionary and profound.

I hate "at the end of the day." A friend of mine is a consultant and she used it WAY too often. As in "4 times per conversation" too often. It made me want to smack her. (and I started thinking of it as "consultant speak.")

I don't mind "it is what it is." To me that says, "these are the facts. This is what we're dealing with. Let's move on to something we CAN change/control."

I love "that's how I roll." It's blatantly unapologetic, plus when I say it, given that I am the whitest girl in America, it makes me crack up a little bit inside. Anytime I have an opportunity to indulge my inner Snoop Dogg, I'm going to take it.

As a perpetually single person, my least favorite expression is "it'll happen when you least expect it." (meeting "the" guy.) I'm 37 and I've never expected it, and it hasn't happened. You couldn't GET any less expectant than I usually am and it hasn't happened. And the majority of the people who say stuff like that met their husbands/boyfriends when they were very much expecting it - at bars when they're on the prowl, or online dating. So I think that expression is a bunch of BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or maybe you always hated them?

"Dance like no one is watching" -- Why? Why must I dance like no one is watching? Wouldn't I dance better if others were, in fact, looking on?

"Be The Change You Want To See" -- WTF? How can I "be the change"? If I want a crosswalk in front of my daughter's school, should I lie down and be that crosswalk? And even if I accept this on a non-literal level, I just don't see how it helps.

"Well-behaved women rarely make history" I hate seeing this attributed to Marilyn Monroe when it's Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. And, actually, many well-behaved women make history, but anyway.

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I think that you are missing the point of what "well-behaved" meant to Ulrich.

I kinda think OP misses the point of all her examples. "Be the change" means you do something to get that crosswalk put in, not just complain that there isn't one. "Dance like no one is watching" means to behave unselfconsciously. It's not about the quality of your dancing.

I agree. I also thought the OP didn't understand the intent behind the quotes, and read them way too literally. I like these quotes. A lot.

[Anonymous]

"It could be worse" Really hate that one. It's so dismissive. Of course it could be worse and of course it's good to be optimitistic but it really makes venting pointless. I know it's meant to make someone feel better and keep things in perspective, but sometimes whatever one goes through feels like a "personal worst" . Just let it sit there for a little bit and let me come to that conclusion myself.

[Anonymous]

"Sleep when the baby sleeps"

Only works with the first kid.

[Anonymous]

"To each his/her own, but..."

Every time I read that on DCUM I cringe. Isn't that implied!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or maybe you always hated them?

"Dance like no one is watching" -- Why? Why must I dance like no one is watching? Wouldn't I dance better if others were, in fact, looking on?

"Be The Change You Want To See" -- WTF? How can I "be the change"? If I want a crosswalk in front of my daughter's school, should I lie down and be that crosswalk? And even if I accept this on a non-literal level, I just don't see how it helps.

"Well-behaved women rarely make history" I hate seeing this attributed to Marilyn Monroe when it's Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. And, actually, many well-behaved women make history, but anyway.

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I think that you are missing the point of what "well-behaved" meant to Ulrich.

I kinda think OP misses the point of all her examples. "Be the change" means you do something to get that crosswalk put in, not just complain that there isn't one. "Dance like no one is watching" means to behave unselfconsciously. It's not about the quality of your dancing.

I think the point the OP is trying to make is that the phrase itself can sound ridiculous or be taken another way -- I don't think she's looking for analysis.

[Anonymous]

K-Fed used "It is what is is," when commenting about Britney's jaunt with her baby on her lap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or maybe you always hated them?

"Dance like no one is watching" -- Why? Why must I dance like no one is watching? Wouldn't I dance better if others were, in fact, looking on?

"Be The Change You Want To See" -- WTF? How can I "be the change"? If I want a crosswalk in front of my daughter's school, should I lie down and be that crosswalk? And even if I accept this on a non-literal level, I just don't see how it helps.

"Well-behaved women rarely make history" I hate seeing this attributed to Marilyn Monroe when it's Laurel Thatcher Ulrich. And, actually, many well-behaved women make history, but anyway.

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I think that you are missing the point of what "well-behaved" meant to Ulrich.

Also, the "quote" is from Monroe. Ulrich wrote a book called "Well-behaved women seldom make history". Also, I think that "well-behaved" likely meant totally different things to Ulrich and Monroe. I personally like the quote.