Platitudes Quotes

Many will call me an adventurer - and that I am, only one of a different sort: one of those who risks his skin to prove his platitudes.
Che Guevara

Different, Call, Prove

Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.
Aldous Huxley

Truth, Until, Proverbs

Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes. Platitudes are there because they are true.
Margaret Thatcher

It is becoming clear that the old platitudes can no longer be maintained, and that if we wish to improve our morals we must first improve our knowledge.
Havelock Ellis

Knowledge, Wish, Old

Christie led the way - with a bulldozer. The governor is blunt, brash, and self-consciously authentic, the antithesis to what turns off today's voters: flip-flopping politicians who speak in poll-tested platitudes. Yes, he's the anti-Romney.
Ron Fournier

Today, Speak, Off

The Chautauqua Institution is truly a national treasure. It is a place for contemplation and a place for reflection, a place where platitudes and slogans can be set aside and be replaced by thoughtfulness and introspection.
Eliot Spitzer

Place, Reflection, National

Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.
Thornton Wilder

We shall reach greater and greater platitudes of achievment.
Richard J. Daley

Shall, Greater, Reach

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes?
Norman Douglas

Wisdom, Save, Collection

Speakers are not supposed to waste time on platitudes, but the capacity of this generation for ignoring the obvious and concentrating on the negative and the obscure is immense.
Arthur Hays Sulzberger

Time, Negative, Generation

I find talking about acting very boring, having to come out with platitudes about how terribly nice everyone is. I would much rather just do it.
Penelope Wilton

Nice, Boring, Find

The man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man.
Van Wyck Brooks

Courage, Successful

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