Excessive Quotes

301 quotes by 266 authors

The average mind is slow in grasping a truth, but when the most thoroughly organized, centralized institution, maintained at an excessive national expense, has proven… — Emma Goldman
Titles are tinsel, power a corrupter, glorya bubble, and excessive wealth a libel on its possessor. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
I haven't bought anything excessive. I do plan on buying an island and filling it with baby tigers, though. — Kesha
Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to be addressed, and it is, of course, the intention of… — Barney Frank
Conspiracies, since they cannot be engaged in without the fellowship of others, are for that reason most perilous; for as most men are either fools… — Francesco Guicciardini
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence. — Charles Caleb Colton
The big question is always, 'Eyes or lips?' I tend to go with the eyes because I've got a lot more material to work with… — Claire Danes
Sometimes I take a while to get ready to go out. It's not excessive, but it takes me some time to find clean clothes that… — Zac Efron
I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence. — George Eliot
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing. — Alexander Hamilton
Don't wear excessive make-up as you grow older. Young women can wear whatever make-up they want, but if you are older, you will regret it. — Carolina Herrera
Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when… — Aldous Huxley
Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our… — William James
The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting the bonds of convention than either the power of ideas… — John Maynard Keynes
It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds… — Imelda Marcos
Currently computer graphics are used a great deal, but it can be excessive. — Hayao Miyazaki
The monarchy is foremost a business, and it's important to them that the British public continue to finance the excessive luxurious lifestyles of the now… — Steven Morrissey
What was a problem was the excessive amount of media attention to the appointment of the first woman and everything she did. Everywhere that Sandra… — Sandra Day O'Connor
It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing; his manhood all taken out of him by the hydraulic… — Theodore Parker
Using taxes to punish the rich, in reality, punishes everyone because we are all interconnected. High taxes and excessive regulation and massive debt are not… — Rand Paul

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