Quotes by Excess I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. Tallulah Bankhead moderationexcesschampion Anything in excess is a poison. Theodore Levitt excesspoison Conquer with forbearance Thiruvalluvar forbearanceexcessconquer Optimism is a good characteristic, but if carried to an excess, it becomes foolishness. We are prone to speak of the resources of this country as inexhaustible; this is not so. Theodore Roosevelt excessoptimismcountry A stammering man is never a worthless one. Physiology can tell you why. It is an excess of sensibility to the presence of his fellow creature, that makes him stammer. Thomas Carlyle excessanxietymen There are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a normal kindly family man who just comes in to work every day and has a job to do. Terry Pratchett excessjobsmen The immediate cause of the increase of population is the excess of the births above deaths; and the rate of increase, or the period of doubling, depends upon the proportion which the excess of the births above the deaths bears to the population. Thomas Malthus excesspopulationcauses In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite. Tim Ferriss characteristicsexcessopposites Just as modern man consumes both too many calories and calories of no nutritional value, information workers eat data both in excess and from the wrong sources. Tim Ferriss excessdatamen Donald Trump was seen for quite a long time as a punchline, the jokes about the excesses and the failures of the 1980s. And he had become, you know, a human shingle and a punchline. Timothy L. O'Brien excesstrumplong C++ is a ridiculously complicated travesty that few have the excess IQ points to understand enough not to screw up massively. Tom Christiansen excessscrew-upscomputer You don't hear TV cops griping because they have to enforce some Draconian law that shouldn't be on the books in the first place, or lamenting vindictive excesses in sentencing. Hollywood, supposedly a frothing cauldron of liberalism, has always been conservative on crime. Tom Shales excesslawbook Television's escapist programming naturally continues to endorse living beyond one's means as the time-tested American Way and rarely depicts families or individuals wracked by the pressures and miseries that come with excess. Tom Shales excessmeantelevision O Allah do not give me in excess lest I may be disobedient. Umar excessinspiringgiving Books are menaced by books. Any excess of information produces silence. Umberto Eco excesssilencebook Excess is excrement, ... Excrement retained in the body is a poison. Ursula K. Le Guin excessbodypoison It is often said that in Ireland there is an excess of genius unsustained by talent; but there is talent in the tongues. V. S. Pritchett excesstonguegenius Crime is a product of social excess. Vladimir Lenin excesscrimesocial Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. W. Somerset Maugham excessinspirationallife The road to wisdom is paved with excess. The mark of a true writer is their ability to mystify the familiar and familiarize the strange. Walt Whitman excessmarkstrange«678910111213141516»
