Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to. (Quote by - Jonathan Swift)

How many may a man of diffusive conversation count among his acquaintances, whose lives have been signalized by numberless escapes; who never cross the river but in a storm, or take a journey into the country without more adventures than befel the knights-errant of ancient times in pathless forests or enchanted castles! How many must he know, to whom portents and prodigies are of daily occurrence; and for whom nature is hourly working wonders invisible to every other eye, only to supply them with subjects of conversation? (Quote by - Samuel Johnson )

As far as exaggerations, I was in the moment,. (Quote by - Ray Nagin)

To A Small Man Every Greater Is An Exaggeration. (Quote by - Sahil)

An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper. (Quote by - Kahlil Gibran)

There are incentives for any state to exaggerate an external threat. If people feel insecure and have fear, they want to be protected. Even if you're living under wretched conditions, you think it is better than the alternative. (Quote by - Daniel Pinkston)

Some folks never exaggerate - they just remember big. (Quote by - Audrey Snead and Chi Chi Rodriguez)

The demise of Shaquille O'Neal has been greatly exaggerated. I can guarantee you that - and I coach him. (Quote by - Pat Riley)

I never exaggerate. I just remember big. (Quote by - Chi Chi Rodriguez)

It's amazing to say, and this is not an exaggeration, that Bob Rubin has more influence today on Capitol Hill than the current Treasury Secretary. (Quote by - Charles Valliere)

I am probably exaggerating a little, but I owe my equilibrium to ink and paper. (Quote by - Julian Green)

Exaggeration misleads the credulous and offends the perceptive. (Quote by - Eliza Cook)

Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning. (Quote by - Tryon Edwards)

Everybody exaggerates a little bit. (Quote by - Bubba Watson)

He'll want to do whatever is necessary to counter this exaggerated image of 'Helicopter Ben'. That means he doesn't want to show weakness in regards to enemy No. 1, and that's price inflation. (Quote by - John Lonski)

My colleague, Chuck, said -- I know it sounds like such an exaggeration -- but we felt like we were on the last helicopters out of Saigon at the collapse of the Vietnam War. It had that kind of feel. (Quote by - Susan Maher)

I think we're at a fairly exaggerated level. The market is considering worst case scenarios. (Quote by - Ken Miller)

We thought they were exaggerating before we saw the evidence in the ground, .. But - clearly - they were living on the edge. No wonder there were so many deaths. (Quote by - William Kelso)

There is no one who does not exaggerate. In conversation, men are encumbered with personality, and talk too much. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)

As such, currency moves are being exaggerated as small lumpy flows meet low liquidity. (Quote by - John Kyriakopoulos)

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. (Quote by - Honore De Balzac)

Although a heightened degree of overseas job outsourcing is probably taking place, the phenomenon is likely exaggerated by newspaper headlines; in any event, the net impact on aggregate employment is positive in the long run, .. unwarranted. (Quote by - Mickey Levy)

Maybe that's a little bit of an exaggeration -- I don't remember the exact number. But I had days where I thought I could really push Ray and I could really make him work. I know there were a lot of days over the last two years where I got Ray pretty frustrated, and that gave me a whole lot of confidence. (Quote by - Wes Miller)

Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)

I have visitors coming from Europe every wee and I'm not exaggerating. (Quote by - Guy Cogeval)