Quotes You've Come to Detest

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

This made me laugh. I have a little inner Snoop myself, who gets indulged with "that's how I do," said with tongue firmly in cheek.

[Anonymous]

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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.

I'm sure she wasn't. Just noting that the thrust of her post seemed to be, "I'm annoyed by some quotes I don't quite understand."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not a quote, but an expression: "It is what it is."

Not helpful at all.

I like this and I use it all the time.

Actually, it's been my work motto this year.

Oh,. is it 2003? I think it was the most overused phrase of that year according to some website. Point is, it is OVER. Get something new to say.

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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.

I'm sure she wasn't. Just noting that the thrust of her post seemed to be, "I'm annoyed by some quotes I don't quite understand."

I disagree, but I'm not going to argue with you.

I think it's a bit tedious to analyze something that was clearly supposed to be humorous.

[Anonymous]

"______________ much?" A rhetorical device best suited for middle schoolers.

Also, calling someone a "hater." It takes an innocuous disagreement and escalates it by making it personal.

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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.

.

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.

I'm sure she wasn't. Just noting that the thrust of her post seemed to be, "I'm annoyed by some quotes I don't quite understand."

I disagree, but I'm not going to argue with you.

I think it's a bit tedious to analyze something that was clearly supposed to be humorous.

Not the PP, but it's possible OP would find her examples less annoying if she knew what they meant. Just a thought.

[Anonymous]

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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.

.

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.

I'm sure she wasn't. Just noting that the thrust of her post seemed to be, "I'm annoyed by some quotes I don't quite understand."

I disagree, but I'm not going to argue with you.

I think it's a bit tedious to analyze something that was clearly supposed to be humorous.

Not the PP, but it's possible OP would find her examples less annoying if she knew what they meant. Just a thought.

Agreed, Op was not trying to be funny. She got annoyed by things she did not understand - which is quite funny. I love her "crosswalk" example. Ha Ha.

[Anonymous]

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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.

.

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

OP here. Yes, you're absolutely right. I'm just too damned dumb to understand these quotes. Ironic much? Ooops, used that "____ much" thing that's so irritating.

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.

I'm sure she wasn't. Just noting that the thrust of her post seemed to be, "I'm annoyed by some quotes I don't quite understand."

I disagree, but I'm not going to argue with you.

I think it's a bit tedious to analyze something that was clearly supposed to be humorous.

Not the PP, but it's possible OP would find her examples less annoying if she knew what they meant. Just a thought.

Agreed, Op was not trying to be funny. She got annoyed by things she did not understand - which is quite funny. I love her "crosswalk" example. Ha Ha.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

.

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

OP here. Yes, you're absolutely right. I'm just too damned dumb to understand these quotes. Ironic much? Ooops, used that "____ much" thing that's so irritating.

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.

I'm sure she wasn't. Just noting that the thrust of her post seemed to be, "I'm annoyed by some quotes I don't quite understand."

I disagree, but I'm not going to argue with you.

I think it's a bit tedious to analyze something that was clearly supposed to be humorous.

Not the PP, but it's possible OP would find her examples less annoying if she knew what they meant. Just a thought.

Agreed, Op was not trying to be funny. She got annoyed by things she did not understand - which is quite funny. I love her "crosswalk" example. Ha Ha.

OP here. Yes, I'm just too damned dumb to understand these quotes. Ironic much? Ooops, used that "___________ much" thing that's so annoying.

[Anonymous]

You are annoying OP

[Anonymous]

So who forced you to be here?

[Anonymous]

"if I had a dollar (quarter, dime, nickel, penny) for every time ........"

News flash: keep your day job; no riches to be had for counting every time X is said/happens

[Anonymous]

Wow, this quote journey has been so surreal. At the end of the day, really, it is it is what it is. FWIW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, this quote journey has been so surreal. At the end of the day, really, it is it is what it is. FWIW.

Be the change, PP. As for me, I'll be over here dancing like no one is watching.

[Anonymous]

"Back in the day. . ."