Extremes Quotes

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There could be no extreme vanity in my recognition of myself, if in fact there could be any at all. — William Saroyan
Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness. — Jean Racine
Art must be unaesthetic in the extreme, useless and impossible to justify. — Francis Picabia
The scourge of life, and death's extreme disgrace, The smoke of hell,--that monster called Paine. — Philip Sidney
Vermilion alone could render the brilliant red of the tiles on the opposite slope. The orange of the soil, the harsh crude colors of the… — Maurice de Vlaminck
In the real world there are many tones, from white at one extreme, through a large number of medium tones to black at the other… — Stan Smith
We will never forget that blessing. It was the most pained and moving blessing, which left us with the extreme testimony of his will to… — Pope Benedict XVI
It is with extreme sadness that we hear of the passing of the leader of the world's Catholics, His Holiness Pope John Paul II, who… — Mohammad Khatami
Hours of preparation for something that is excecuted, with extreme precision, in a few minutes. Just as with a judo throw. — Yves Klein
You cannot demonstrate your own greatness by remaining at one extreme, but by reaching out to both extremes at the same time, and filling the… — Giorgio Morandi
The Millennium Declaration was a solemn pledge to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty. — Kevin Watkins
When everybody in a group is susceptible to similar biases, groups are inferior to individuals, because groups tend to be more extreme than individuals. — Daniel Kahneman
You've probably heard the term, 'red flag warning.' That means there are extreme conditions. Low humidity, high temperatures. The fuels are extremely dry and volatile.… — Bruce Miller
The middle way cannot be achieved by dividing two extremes in half. — Eric Maisel
Maybe poets express more directly a sense of sympathy for other human beings. Painting is a little bit more of a retreat from human beings… — Francesco Clemente
Pushing yourself to extremes blows out the cobwebs of trusted habit. It shakes up what you know to be reliably safe and substitutes the miracle… — Robert Genn
We all need critical confrontation of the fullest and most extreme kind that we can get. You can unnecessarily limit yourself by choosing your criticism... — Wayne Thiebaud
I'm a believer in the notion that artists who do good work believe in the ideas of extremes. — Wayne Thiebaud
A clean and well-cared for appearance should be maintained. Hair styles should be clean and neat, avoiding extreme styles. Mens' hair should be trimmed above… — Harold B. Lee
There now ensued a series of incidents which transported me to the opposite extremes of ecstasy and horror; incidents which I tremble to recall and… — H P Lovecraft
When you are enlightened, your physical body will still feel pain if you get hurt, but you will not be overwhelmed even by extreme physical… — Frederick Lenz
Even if you're not a parent, you have parents and you've been in those situations where there's a certain kind of goodbye - nothing this… — Jonathan Nolan
I think the extremes are something that's really interesting to see coalesce in movies. — John Waters
People say 'I love Artists', but what they really know about Artists? They've ever thought about sharing the real madness with us? I believe those… — Hiroko Sakai
NASA might do well to adopt the Red Bull approach to branding and astronautics. Suddenly the man in the spacesuit is not an underpaid civil… — Mary Roach

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