Extravagant Quotes

152 quotes by 133 authors

Our failure to segregate morons who are increasing and multiplying . . . demonstrates our foolhardy and extravagant sentimentalism, — Margaret Sanger
The most extravagant idea that can be born in the head of a political thinker is to believe that it suffices for people to enter,… — Maximilien Robespierre
I long to be known as an extravagant worshiper...that God would discover the song in my heart to be elaborate, overgenerous, and wasteful in my… — Darlene Zschech
Ever judge of men by their professions. For though the bright moment of promising is but a moment, and cannot be prolonged, yet if sincere… — Robert Browning
Jesus wants to give you five things: extravagant compassion, moral clarity, sacrificial courage, persevering hope, and refreshing joy, — Gary Haugen
To be extravagant you need money. True. But you do not need your own money. — George Mikes
A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man… — Seneca the Younger
What is wanted - whether this is admitted or not - is nothing less than a fundamental remolding, indeed weakening and abolition of the individual:… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I deeply adored my mum. She was an extraordinary person, even for the prejudice I'm likely to have. She was beautiful, amusing, a tremendous elaborator… — Andrew Motion
Her [Mary's] motherhood extends beyond view. In the will of the Son, she becomes at once mother and maid: sheltering him, but sheltered in him,… — Adrienne von Speyr
Man was born to live with his fellow human beings. Separate him, isolate him, his character will go bad, a thousand ridiculous affects will invade… — Denis Diderot
In my own experience I have found that the most extravagant dreams of boyhood have not surpassed the great experience of being in the Will… — Jim Elliot
In some century to come, when the school children will whistle popular tunes in quarter-tones--when the diatonic scale will be as obsolete as the pentatonic… — Charles Ives
God blesses his people with extravagant grace so they might extend his extravagant glory to all peoples on the earth — David Platt
I hate fashion. Or the word fashion, which sounds colorful, extravagant, expensive and gorgeous. â€œI never wanted to walk the main street of fashion. I… — Yohji Yamamoto
We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfill many… — Richard Lewontin
If it's darkness we're having, let it be extravagant. — Jane Kenyon
I am built close to the ground and of extravagant body. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
....shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle. — Pliny the Elder
The necessary has never been man's top priority. The passionate pursuit of the nonessential and the extravagant is one of the chief traits of human… — Eric Hoffer

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