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Gush Quotes

Quotes on enthusiasm, praise, and excess.

These gush quotes question how much enthusiasm to trust, comparing a defective tap's first impressive burst to the gush and hype that fuels Hollywood meetings, an Expression problem as much as an emotional one.

Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.

Quotes by P. D. James

Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I...

Quotes by Jack Vance

I think you kind of hope for people to gush over movies, but I think the opposite way is great sometimes, too. I'd rather have a movie that you're angry about and that you're talking about the next day, than...

Quotes by Gabriel Mann

The business is all about gush and hype. You never have a bad meeting in L.A.

Quotes by Emily Blunt

Emotion Quotes

I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one.

Quotes by Aneurin Bevan

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the defective tap metaphor describe?
It compares an impressive burst of initial kindness to a tap that gushes briefly, then quickly dries up.
Is Hollywood enthusiasm treated as genuine in these quotes?
No, one line calls the whole business built on gush and hype, implying enthusiasm there is mostly performance.
What kind of audience reaction does one quote actually prefer?
It prefers real anger or ongoing debate about a film over polite gushing, valuing Intensity over surface-level praise.
What's the quote about money and old age about?
It describes having little use for a sudden gush of money at this stage of life, saying it would likely just go to family.
Does any quote question whether gushing is honest at all?
Yes, the Hollywood meeting line implies gushing there is closer to Expressional habit than authentic reaction.

One reflection prefers audiences who get genuinely angry over a film to those who merely gush, arguing real Intensity beats polite praise. Another admits a sudden Overflow of money wouldn't change much at this stage of life.