Extravagant Quotes

152 quotes by 133 authors

The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people who are taxed… — Chester A. Arthur
As the most extravagant errors were received among the established articles of their faith, so the most infamous vices obtained in their practice, and were… — David Brainerd
A warrior must cultivate the feeling that he has everything needed for the extravagant journey that is his life. What counts for a warrior is… — Carlos Castaneda
A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich. — William Shenstone
If you would serve your brother it is fit for you to serve him, do not take back your words when you find that prudent… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Because a fact seems strange to you, you conclude that it is not one. ... All science, however, commences by being strange. Science is successive.… — Victor Hugo
The capacity for extravagant emotion that my husband finds so attractive in me can be exhausting, especially to a child. My moods are mercurial, and… — Ayelet Waldman
Your trees must be tended; if you can afford it, you owe it to them. I don't buy expensive plants; if I am extravagant in… — Elisabeth Murdoch
I was extravagant in the matter of cameras - anything photographic - I had to have the best. But that was to further my work.… — Edward Weston
There is something so far-fetched and so extravagant in the idea of danger to liberty from the militia that one is at a loss whether… — Alexander Hamilton
His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as… — Evelyn Waugh
War is an unpredictable beast. Once unleashed, it runs like a rabid dog, ravening friend or foe alike. It can drag on for years, a… — Kate Forsyth
The mystique and the romance of a big wedding are lost on me. I don't think that I could ever do something that extravagant. I… — Cameron Diaz
Personally, I resent being tagged â€˜glamour girl.â€™ Itâ€™s such an absurd, extravagant label. It implies so much that Iâ€™m not. — Carole Lombard
Of all the wastes of human ignorance perhaps the most extravagant and costly to human growth has been the waste of the distinctive powers of… — Anna Garlin Spencer
I fear chiefly lest my expression may not be extravagant enough, may not wander far enough beyond the narrow limit of my daily experience, so… — Henry David Thoreau
Congratulate yourself if you have done something strange, extravagant and broken the monotony. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always… — Martial
There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound positions than by the… — George F. Kennan
America -- rather, the United States -- seems to me to be the Jew among the nations. It is resourceful, adaptable, maligned, envied, feared, imposed… — Edna Ferber

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