Extremes Quotes

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Madame Ratignolle hoped that Robert would exercise extreme caution in dealing with the Mexicans, who, she considered, were a treacherous people, unscrupulous and revengeful. She… — Kate Chopin
The following passage is one of those cited by Copernicus himself in his preface to De Revolutionibus: "The Syracusan Hicetas, as Theophrastus asserts, holds the… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
NEA includes most bizarre & extreme misuse of tax funds. — Newt Gingrich
Christianity is an extreme call to a radical life following a revolutionary leader. — Steve Saint
Most of the writers I know are weird hybrids. There's a strong streak of egomania coupled with extreme shyness. Writing's kind of like exhibitionism in… — David Foster Wallace
You can see the cruelest part of the world, the cruelest part. But then on the other side, you see the most beautiful part. Do… — Britney Spears
There are two extremes to be avoided: one is the attitude of contempt toward education, the other is the tragic snobbery of assuming that marching… — Henry Ford
Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable. — Rand Beers
The two elements of the suburban pattern that cause the greatest problems are the extreme separation of uses and the vast distances between things — James Howard Kunstler
If in normal conditions it is skill, which counts, in such extreme situations, it is the spirit, which saves. — Walter Bonatti
Naturally, the top does not automatically make us better. Like the samurai frequented ordinary cutthroat, so sometimes extreme mountaineer can be self-centered, mythomaniac or crook… — Wojciech Kurtyka
There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil. — Plato
We all have the chance to create a world where extreme poverty is the exception rather than the rule. — Bill Gates
By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that were aid recipients… — Bill Gates
On the ridge where the great artist moves forward, every step is an adventure, an extreme risk. In that risk, however, and only there, lays… — Albert Camus
I believe that to knowingly commit actions that cause or condone suffering is reprehensible in the extreme. I call upon you to be compassionate and… — Unknown Author
An unflinching determination to take the whole evidence into account is the only method of preservation against the fluctuating extremes of fashionable opinion. — Alfred North Whitehead
When Abba Anthony thought about the depths of the judgments of God, he asked, 'Lord, how is it that some die when they are young,… — Anthony the Great
The religious fanatic who practices terrorism cannot be reasoned with, because there is nothing you can threaten him with, and no alternative you can offer… — Massad Ayoob
It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who want to make human ability the measure of what nature can… — Galileo Galilei
We'll engage in pretty extreme violence in the world but, you know, the one thing that comes to humans as easily as eating or breathing… — Mark Ruffalo
Well, I think a lot of people only hear about the extreme, fundamentalist kind of polygamists, because they're always in the news being brought up… — Jeanne Tripplehorn
Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes. — Klemens von Metternich
At the most basic level, the key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the… — Jeffrey Sachs
I am a prisoner of a gaudy and unlivable present, where all forms of human society have reached an extreme of their cycle and there… — Italo Calvino

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