Excess Quotes

540 Excess quotes by 425 unique authors

What we suffer from today is an excess of education. — Adolf Hitler
We do need a 'new economy,' but one that is founded on thrift and care, on saving and conserving, not on excess and waste. An… — Wendell Berry
Fairness is an efficiency parameter if we look at the whole global civilization. It is not an efficient way of meeting human needs if one… — Karl-Henrik Robert
It is a singular advantage of taxes on articles of consumption that they contain in their own nature a security against excess. They prescribe their… — Alexander Hamilton
Though a wide ocean separates the United States from Europe, yet there are various considerations that warn us against an excess of confidence or security. — Alexander Hamilton
That this liberty [of the press] is often carried to excess; that it has sometimes degenerated into licentiousness, is seen and lamented, but the remedy… — James Madison
Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior man dares not… — Confucius
In time of this grave national danger, when all excess income should go to win the war, no American citizen ought to have a net… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ive always believed the road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. — Woody Harrelson
I sort of leave the character at the end of the day. I don't carry anything around with me - no excess baggage or unnecessary… — Sean Bean
If you're going to dedicate your career to ranting about the excesses of American capitalism, you probably shouldn't weigh 450 pounds. — Greg Giraldo
It's a bit like school camp, shooting a film. Everyone's on heat. It's a strange energy. It's full of adrenalin. I funnel my excess energy… — Alice Englert
Those who control the wealth of this society have an influence over political life far in excess of their number. — Michael Pare
An excess of reason is itself a form of madness — Kim Stanley
There is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum amounts we should be exposed to… — Ann Coulter
Netanyahu and his coalition have no strategy of their own except endless counterinsurgency against the backdrop of a steadily deteriorating diplomatic positionThe operation in Gaza… — Unknown Author
Rectitude carried to excess hardens into stiffness; benevolence indulged beyond measure sinks into weakness. — Unknown Author
So why is a third of our world battling obesity and spending huge sums to burn off excess calories, while the other two-thirds yearn to… — Wess Stafford
I had a lot of excess skin - I just needed to have it firmed — Carnie Wilson
Religious leaders could play a significant role in making explicit the connections between current concerns for the environment and age-old teachings about our dependence on… — Ian Christie
Well: the day is a poem but too much Like one of Jeffers's, crusted with blood and barbaric omens Painful to excess, inhuman as a… — Robinson Jeffers
Feeding a baby is like filling a hole with putty - you get it in and then you sort of shave off all the excess… — Anne Lamott
We cannot live without trade. A society can neither advance nor improve without excess of disposable income. This excess can only be amassed through the… — David Mamet
To protest in the name of morality against 'excesses' or 'abuses' is an error which hints on active complicity. There are no 'abuses' or 'excesses'… — Simone de Beauvoir
Reality is a creation of our excesses. — Emile M. Cioran

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