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It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us. — Isaac D'Israeli
President Obama has earned my vote on the basis of his excellent judicial appointments, his consensus-building foreign policy and the improvements he has brought about… — Alan Dershowitz
O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent. — Epictetus
Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be. — Federico Fellini
Charcoal or gas. Both give excellent results, so choose the one that best suits your style of cooking. — Bobby Flay
My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack. — Ferdinand Foch
Certainly, historically, there has been more attention given in the international media to Indian English-language writers than to Pakistani English-language writers. But that, in my… — Mohsin Hamid
The circuit training program along with a healthy clean diet is the way to excellent results. — Lee Haney
Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them. — Augustus Hare
Geraldo has been in Lebanon. He has done some excellent reporting out of there, and of course, we now know by virtue of the president's… — Brit Hume
He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance. — David Hume
Don't use that foreign word 'ideals.' We have that excellent native word 'lies.' — Henrik Ibsen
During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home… — Xi Jinping
We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief,… — Steve Jobs
What is easy is seldom excellent. — Samuel Johnson
When I woke up Sunday morning at the Open and stepped outside and felt the wind and rain in my face, I knew I had… — Tom Kite
Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week. — Louis Kronenberger
We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent… — Charles Lamb
The Faces do not, as some have recently alleged, play badly. They are more than competent, especially at creating a mid-Sixties Rolling Stones-styled groove, as… — Jon Landau
To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics. — Vladimir Lenin
The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. — C.S. Lewis
An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards. — John Locke
Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we… — John Lubbock
I love American ski resorts because they're open to everyone, are not incredibly expensive. They're not snobby and you can have fun all day long… — John Lydon

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