Quotes by Understatement My modus operandi has always been understatement and that just doesn't really work in pop. Ben Watt understatement modus-operandi pops Nothing in a language is less translatable than its modes of understatement. George Steiner understatement language The understatement is the English contribution to comedy. Jim Davis understatement contribution comedy Yeah, something was wrong. That was the understatement of the year. Marie Lu understatement yeah years Muffled lives explode in understatements. Paul Gray understatement Art begins when an observer's sensibilities engage with the understatements of a calculating craftsman. Sara Genn understatement craftsman art That transformation is to lose everything is an understatement so vast as to be without meaning. One has to lose everything, and one has to lose the one who has lost everything. Steven Harrison understatement lost-everything transformation