platitudes

The cynic of forty sneers at what he terms the platitudes of commencement addresses.

Craftsmanship in Teaching William Chandler Bagley 1910

As others examine the bill and ask questions, you see the house leadership responding in platitudes, claiming that overall it will help the economy, etc.

Matthew Yglesias » Is The Country Paying a Price for Anti-Earmark Fever? 2009

He talks in platitudes and generalities and won't commit on anything.

Source says some Democrats frustrated with health bill 2009

He just talks in platitudes and has no idea how to get things done.

Think Progress » Rubio Admits Repealing Health Care Isn’t Realistic, But Says GOP Should Campaign On It Anyway 2010

"Charley Hapgood, that fellow who speaks always in platitudes?"

Chapter 45 2010

He tends to shrug and speak in platitudes anyway, and so he deflected credit to the receivers themselves, for how they've worked.

Giants Receivers Swear by Eli Aditi Kinkhabwala 2010

The president avoided the temptation to speak in platitudes and sound bytes, and the Republicans went a long way toward showing that they are hardly a party of obstructionists with no solutions to offer Americans. brian says:

Matthew Yglesias » Obama at the House GOP Retreat 2010

To the limited extent that Clinton directly engaged with matters of legislative sausage-making during the campaign, she spoke in platitudes along the lines of traditional Democratic interest group coalition-building.

Matthew Yglesias » Presidential Overpromising 2010

With stern resolve evident on their grim faces, a parade of Republicans issue thin platitudes about the principle of the act, assuring reporters that they did the right thing when it would surely cost them their careers next election.

- r_urell 2009

They can do so either as combatants or as neighbours. it sounded like platitudes from a boy with a banana.

House Points: David Miliband goes bananas 2009