Quotes by Excess We can't tell an electorate...when you have something like in excess of 300 million people without any access to electricity at all that you have to put a cap on this. Ronen Sen excessenergypeople Ignorance, as well as disapproval for the natural restraints placed on market excesses that capitalism and sound markets impose, cause our present leaders to reject capitalism and blame it for all the problems we face. If this fallacy is not corrected and capitalism is even further undermined, the prosperity that the free market generates will be destroyed. Ron Paul excessleaderignorance Winter's palette is clear and spare, restrictive enough to curb the excesses of even the most daring gardeners. Rosemary Verey excessenoughwinter It is better to err by excess of mercy than by excess of severity. . .Wilt thou become a Saint? Be severe to thyself but kind to others. Saint John Chrysostom excesssaintanger Make as much racket as you like people. Noise is life and an excess of noise is a sign that life is good. There will be time for us all to be quiet when we are safely dead. Salman Rushdie excesslife-is-goodpeople I try to stay clear of karaoke because it normally involves an excess amount of drinking. Sam Palladio excessdrinkingtrying The excess of the voluptuary, like the austerities of the recluse, triumphs in the suffrage of perverted reason. Samuel Parr excessausteritytriumph Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain. Samuel Johnson excesspainhope The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess. Samuel Taylor Coleridge excessexcellencewriting Motives by excess reverse their very nature and instead of exciting, stun and stupefy the mind. Samuel Taylor Coleridge excessexcitingmind A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels, and recompense the infrequency of their enjoyment by excess and riot, whenever fortune sets the banquet before them. Samuel Johnson excessmeritwealth It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in excess. Seneca the Elder excessgreatnessmind Excess capacity in people, machines, or property will be quickly absorbed. Seth Klarman excessmachinespeople Let not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapacitate you from future repetition. Seneca the Younger repetitionexcesspleasure The faults of husbands are often caused by the excess virtues of their wives. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette excesswifehusband The most culpable of the excesses of Liberty is the harm she does herself. Sophie Swetchine excesslibertydoe This isn't a picture filled with wonder and a sense of fun; it's so jaded and crass that I almost wonder if it's a highly unscientific experiment designed to gauge how little audiences will settle for these days. Manic and multicolored, "Speed Racer" is an excess of nothingness. Stephanie Zacharek gaugesexcessfun You go through a process of refinement and getting rid of the excesses of your early youth in terms of your excitement about what theatre can do. Stephen Daldry excessyouththeatre The significance and influence of just one BNP councillor is far in excess of the council powers such an elected figure can, in reality, command. Steve Blake excessinfluencereality I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, 'I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.' Tallulah Bankhead excesschampionidentity«678910111213141516»
