Excessive Quotes

301 quotes by 266 authors

Luxury and excessive refinement are sure forerunners of the decadence of states, because when all individuals seek their own interests they neglect the public weal. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
And it was back in the mid-1980s, and as I point out in a piece, that was when we are spending about eight percent of… — Richard Dooling
I think Mr. Obama is a disaster for business and a disaster for the United States. Not that Mr. Romney would be much better, but… — Marc Faber
America is a center right government, center right people. They want government but they don't want it to be excessive. They want it to be… — Judd Gregg
Extraordinarily excessive sensuality it may be .. but it all comes down to the same thing in the end, and one means is surely as… — Remy de Gourmont
I'm not really attracted to a big, jacked guy. I think that's a little excessive. — Stacy Keibler
We need to increase the transparency of shadow banking markets so that authorities can monitor for signs of excessive leverage and unstable maturity transformation outside… — Janet Yellen
There is no escaping the fact that when the taxation of large incomes is excessive, they tend to disappear. — Calvin Coolidge
Excessive animal protein is at the core of many chronic diseases. — T. Colin Campbell
Why should you worry whether God wants you to reach the heavenly home by way of the desert or by the fields, when by the… — Pio of Pietrelcina
Side by side with the miseries of underdevelopment...we find ourselves up against a form of superdevelopment, equally inadmissable. This superdevelopment consists in an excessive availability… — Pope John Paul II
Extreme taxation, excessive controls, oppressive government competition with business, frustrated minorities and forgotten Americans are not the products of free enterprise. They are the residue… — Ronald Reagan
When fear is excessive it can make many a man despair. — Thomas Aquinas
The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a tribe, nation, church or cause,… — Arthur Koestler
In an economy that already has lost some momentum, one must remain alert to the possibility that greater caution and weakening asset values in financial… — Alan Greenspan
Less talk - more work! There is too much talking going on. Because of excessive talking, spiritual energy is being wasted. — Sathya Sai Baba
Cut away all that is excessive, straighten all that is crooked, bring light to all that is overcast, labour to make all one glow of… — Plotinus
The market has a simple way of whittling all excessive pride and overblown egos down to size. After all, the whole idea is to be… — William O'Neil
Children are overbearing, supercilious, passionate, envious, inquisitive, egotistical, idle, fickle, timid, intemperate, liars, and dissemblers; they laugh and weep easily, are excessive in their joys… — Jean de la Bruyere
There is no excess in the world so commendable as excessive gratitude. — Jean de la Bruyere

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