Quotes About Excess

a grand explosion of culturally sanctioned greed. Presents, presents, presents. They

Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effects when taken in too large quantities.

You have everything, she said to Number One. You have too much: money, power, women. It was absurd to talk about these things in a place like Cleveland. But then the world was always small, no matter what world it was, and you just had to go ahead and say things about it.

friend of mine says you can't swing a dead cat without hitting one.

If all literary women had such thoughtful angels for husbands, they would live longer and write more. Perhaps that wouldn't be such a blessing to the world though, as most of us write too much now,' said Mrs. Jo…

Rockefeller knew that if he got greedy, other products could be substituted for kerosene, and this, too, curbed his appetite for excess profits.

It seemed unfortunate that they were led into such lavish style.

Having known many rich people, Gates was impressed that Rockefeller had no private yachts or railroad cars.

Both refiners and railroads were struggling with excess capacity and suicidal price wars.

a tiara swamps her

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink

El silencio así, en demasía, me parece un exceso gravoso, tanto como el griterío en balde.

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.

a sovereign so rich in pachyderms that he can waste the gnashers of a thousand of the beasts just to decorate me.

Drunkenness, the ruin of reason, the destruction of strength, premature old age, momentary death.

In security analysis the prime stress is laid upon protection against untoward events. We obtain this protection by insisting upon margins of safety, or values well in excess of the price paid.

In America, one sure sign of success is the presence of an unnecessary waterfall in a person's yard.

The level of consumption that we identify with success is utterly unsustainable. We're gobbling up the world.

Success hath made me wanton.

The wicked are great drinkers of water; As the flood proved once for all.

There is known to be a particular deity for drunkards and lovers.

We must never look for discretion in first love. First love is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy be allowed to overflow, it will stifle you.

Some virtues, when taken to the extreme, become crimes.

Lucullus dines with Lucullus,' that is quite sufficient.