Excess Quotes

540 quotes by 425 authors

Only to often on meeting scientific men, even those of genuine distiction, one finds that they are dull fellows and very stupid. They know one… — H. L. Mencken
When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt;… — Stephen King
Today Christians ... stand at the head of [this country]... I pledge that I never will tie myself to parties who want to destroy Christianity… — Adolf Hitler
It will be possible in a few more years to build radio controlled rockets which can be steered into such orbits beyond the limits of… — Arthur C. Clarke
Confusion and clutter are failures of design, not attributes of information. And so the point is to find design strategies that reveal detail and complexity… — Edward Tufte
Inference is founded upon obvious reasons. Regard to reputation has a less active influence, when the infamy of a bad action is to be divided… — James Madison
What we should be very concerned about is the excesses and the abuses. Where we see hunts where the fox is torn away out of… — Unknown Author
Following the Rumanian tradition, garlic is used in excess to keep the vampires away... Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat)… — Calvin Trillin
For the good, when praised, feel something of disgust, if to excess commended. — Euripides
Bubbles are best identified by credit excesses, not valuation excesses. And there's no bigger credit excess than in China. — James Chanos
O Christ Jesus, really present upon the altar, I cast myself down at Your feet; may all adoration be offered to You in the Sacrament… — Columba Marmion
The name of medicine is thought to have been given from 'moderation', modus, that is, from a due proportion, which advises that things be done… — Isidore of Seville
O Allah do not give me in excess lest I may be disobedient. — Unknown Author
Allah loves moderation and hates extravagance and excess. — Unknown Author
Winter regularly takes many more lives than any heat wave: 25,000 to 50,000 each year die in Britain from excess cold. Across Europe, there are… — Bjorn Lomborg
We can't tell an electorate...when you have something like in excess of 300 million people without any access to electricity at all that you have… — Unknown Author
This so-called ill treatment and torture in detention centers, stories of which were spread everywhere among the people, and later by the prisoners who were… — Unknown Author
Nuclear terrorism is still often treated as science fiction. I wish it were. But unfortunately we live in a world of excess hazardous materials and… — Kofi Annan
Rock 'n' Roll is a combination of good ideas dried up by fads, terrible junk, hideous failings in taste and judgment, gullibility and manipulation, moments… — Greil Marcus
So virtue is a purposive disposition, lying in a mean that is relative to us and determined by a rational principle, and by that which… — Aristotle

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