Excesses Quotes

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People endure what they endure and they deal with it. It may corrupt them. It may lead them into all sorts of compensatory excesses. — Dennis Potter
Our vices are the excesses of our virtues. — Pleasant Rowland
We learned long ago that liberty could be preserved only by limiting in some way the freedom of action of individuals; that otherwise liberty would… — Louis D. Brandeis
You don't hear TV cops griping because they have to enforce some Draconian law that shouldn't be on the books in the first place, or… — Tom Shales
Make me chaste and To what excesses will men not go for the sake of a religion in which they believe so little and which… — Jean de la Bruyere
It is the fine excesses of life that make it worth living. — Richard Le Gallienne
I think it absolutely necessary that the President should have the power of removing his subordinates from office; it will make him, in a peculiar… — James Madison
Alas, human vices, however horrible one might imagine them to be, contain the proof (were it only in their infinite expansion) of man's longing for… — Charles Baudelaire
Rock and Roll has certainly tried to take its toll on me. I'd rather not talk about my past excesses here, although some hardcore rockers… — Tony Visconti
The professional study of economics has become ideological brainwashing. It is a defense of the excesses of the capitalist system. — David Korten
Director Gary Ross has created an adaptation that is faithful in both narrative and theme, but he's also brought a rich and powerful vision of… — Suzanne Collins
Language is wild - you can't fence it or tell it what to do - and it's the same with people. Even under the worst… — Jay Griffiths
Our concerns about what we saw in Australia: an economy clearly tied to China has hitched its wagon to the tail of the tiger. In… — James Chanos
I don't want to drive the markets crazy. I don't want to create trouble, but rather order and rules and norms. We have to struggle… — Francois Hollande
The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip… — Gelsey Kirkland
You go through a process of refinement and getting rid of the excesses of your early youth in terms of your excitement about what theatre… — Stephen Daldry
As a myth of national purpose and as a program for individual conduct, the simple life has, in a sense, served as the nation's conscience,… — David Shi
We reform the system. We save capitalism from its own excesses. — Robert Reich
The men of wealth who today are trying to prevent the regulation and control of their business in the interest of the public by the… — Theodore Roosevelt
A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of skepticism may * * * readily degenerate into the rival folly of credulity. — William E. Gladstone

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