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1 " I suggest that the Western impact, at least in nineteenth-century China, was overstated (and misstated) by an earlier generation of American historians. An especially egregious example of this, I argue, was American treatment of the Opium War, the objective importance of which was not nearly so great as we—and an almost unanimous corps of Chinese historians—have imagined. "
― , Discovering History in China: American Historical Writing on the Recent Chinese Past
2 " Who doesn't want to know that we notice them and value them? And who might respond to us better when they feel that they matter? It probably cannot be overstated – it matters...that people matter. "
― Steve Goodier
3 " My mother overstated the dangers of the world – invented threats. And so I saw: Starbursts’ hoof-made gelatin never gave me mad cow. Mad cow was not a threat to me. And so I thought: most risks weren’t truly real. "
― Aspen Matis , Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
4 " It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell you, it's like Christmas. "
5 " Dr. Rice's record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war in order to support the President's decision to initiate military action against Iraq. "
6 " The importance of the river cannot be overstated in the history of the country, or the development of the nation. "
