Sanity lies somewhere between the inhibitions of conventional morality and the looseness of the extreme impulse — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
The crimes of extreme civilization are probably worse than those of extreme barbarism, because of their refinement, the corruption they presuppose, and… — Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly Copy Share Image
It is hard for me to imagine that I felt good about behaving like that. I also remember that the smallest gesture… — Bernhard Schlink Copy Share Image
What KFC does to 750 million chickens each year is not civilized or acceptable, and you can help change that. Cruelty is… — Pamela Anderson Copy Share Image
Perhaps the truth is that heavy literature blooms in extremes of temperature. — Roy Blount, Jr Copy Share Image
The Theatre of Cruelty has been created in order to restore to the theatre a passionate and convulsive conception of life, and… — Antonin Artaud Copy Share Image
Avoid excessive merriment. A mind in that state never becomes calm; it becomes fickle. Excessive merriment will always be followed by sorrow.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
That was certainly true the first time, when I did Body Heat, the first movie that I directed. I was looking for… — Lawrence Kasdan Copy Share Image
President Trump is boldly moving in what I would call rather extreme directions. And that is going to set into motion a… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
When Ben Carson said that he would remove all federal funding for universities that had 'extreme political bias.' Who would decide what… — Jay Roach Copy Share Image
On land, you can walk away from people, from unpleasant situations. But when you're on a ship for 14 months with 49… — Billy Campbell Copy Share Image
I grew up with adults who believed the Virgin Mary was appearing in Medjugorje, Yugoslavia. They held prayer meetings where they closed… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If there were biologists among the extremophiles organisms that live in extreme conditions, they would surely classify themselves as normal and any… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
After all, a creature without passionate conviction doesn't cling to extremes. He surveys the scenery and makes sure his outfit doesn't clash. — Frank Bruni Copy Share Image
Strolling on, it seems to me that the strangeness and wonder of existence are emphasized here, in the desert, by the comparative… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
But Friedman seemed to share Friedrich Hayek's extreme and inaccurate view that socialism of the sort that Britain embraced under the old… — Richard Posner Copy Share Image
In the inheritance, I seek to dramatically distinguish between genuine, authentic Christianity on the one hand, and counterfeit, alternative spirituality on the… — Brian Williams Copy Share Image
Africa has a genious for extremes, for the beginning and the end. It seems simultaneously connected to some memory of Eden and… — Lance Morrow Copy Share Image
The True-GNU philosophy is more extreme than I care for, but it certainly laid a foundation for the current scene, as well… — Dennis Ritchie Copy Share Image
Between shame and shamelessness lies the axis upon which we turn; meteorological conditions at both these poles are of the most extreme,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Buffon said unreservedly, "Genius is simply patience carried to the extreme." To those who asked how he achieved fame he replied: "By… — Santiago Ramon y Cajal Copy Share Image
While I will always have the utmost respect for the superhuman out-of-bounds freestyle and extreme stunts that seem to continually progress beyond… — Craig Kelly Copy Share Image
For to be contemporary is not necessarily to be part of any movement, to be included in the official representations of national… — Patrick Swift Copy Share Image
