Extreme Quotes

1081 Extreme quotes by 885 unique authors

...let us recognize that extreme poverty anywhere is a threat to human security everywhere. Let us recall that poverty is a denial of human rights.… — Kofi Annan
It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological… — Winston Churchill
Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self- solitude is the enemy of well- being. — John Updike
What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they… — Robert Kennedy
The greatest country, the richest country, is not that which has the most capitalists, monopolists, immense grabbings, vast fortunes, with its sad, sad soil of… — Walt Whitman
Self-destruction is the effect of cowardice in the highest extreme. — Daniel Defoe
The tragedy of young-earth creationism is that it takes a relatively recent and extreme view of Genesis, applies to it an unjustified scientific gloss, and… — Francis Collins
My internal and external life depend so much on the work of others that I must make an extreme effort to give as much as… — Albert Einstein
We knew when we started the Daily Muse, we wanted a recruiting-focused business model rather than an advertising-focused one. We felt like publishers were being… — Kathryn Minshew
We now know that we cannot continue to put ever-increasing amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere. Actions have consequences. In fact, the consequences of past… — Cary Fowler
I was raised Catholic, and I have an aversion to anyone who takes religion to the extreme. — Conor Oberst
Sometimes the results of a first free election will find the moderates so poorly organized that extreme groups can eke out a victory, as Hamas… — Elliott Abrams
Athletes and actors do really crazy things, and we do them under weird circumstances because we love what we do and because we take things… — Anika Noni Rose
Nothing ever stays in the middle. You always go from one extreme to the other, and politics is certainly that way. — Gloria Estefan
Heroism often results as a response to extreme events. — James Geary
Despite the hundreds of non-governmental organizations and the continued outpouring of foreign aid, East Africa remains as a region overwhelmed by extreme poverty. — Jacqueline Novogratz
As a foreign minister, I have to respect the authority to look after the best interest of the child is, as always, in my country… — Jonas Gahr Store
I by no means intend to simplify the challenges women face in any culture. Women are marginalized in all cultures in my opinion, some in… — Zainab Salbi
The extreme sophistication of modern technology - wonderful though its benefits are - is, ironically, an impediment to engaging young people with basics: with learning… — Martin Rees
I really loved crunk. I loved the extreme nature of it, how repetitious it was, and how these basic, angry chants would just be repeated… — Rick Rubin
The world of extreme sports is also one of big business. Kids might think that snowboarding is the ultimate freedom, but this freedom is being… — Lucy Walker
Anyone who is seriously interested in me would usually do a little more homework and realise that the extreme criticisms are almost exclusively ideologically based. — Maurice Strong
I was an extreme tomboy. I did competitive gymnastics for over 10 years. I cut my hair like Winona Ryder, with that little pixie cut. — Serinda Swan
My guilty pleasure is I like to watch a lot of HGTV. I really like watching design shows about houses, like extreme homes. Like buying… — Taylor Schilling
What you might consider a bad work can be of extreme interest to an artist in ways which are not about its being a good… — Jasper Johns

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