Quotes About Excess

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!

Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, "Let no more riches enter!"

If sweetness be excessive, it is no longer sweetness.

Bottled, was he?" Said Colonel Bantry, with an Englishman's sympathy for alcoholic excess. "Oh, well, can't judge a fellow by what he does when he's drunk? When I was at Cambridge, I remember I put a certain utensil - well - well, nevermind.

Every mortal luxury…

Sesuatu yang baik tak pernah terlalu banyak, ketahuilah itu.

She wanted butter. She wanted lots of butter." "It's not just a question of butter,

Courage is the name of the topological burning up of places and of interests, inasmuch as it is subordinated to the gesture of opening oneself up to becoming 'the most exposed', which is what allows one to 'sustain oneself'. ... This is because courage, the burnt precipitation (one has 'fired one's last rounds') in the excess over the place, promptly recomposes - beyond the destruction that it is - the subjective process of justice.

Irrational exuberance

I got confused. I thought it was a K.Y. scare, so I bought 2000 jars of personal lubricant. I still have some.

Personally, I think tying garbage bags around your head and hands is overkill.

When you have energy companies like Shell and British Petroleum, both of which are perhaps represented in this room, saying there is a problem with excess carbon dioxide emission, I think we ought to listen.

It's that mindset we have where we think we are indestructible. I know at least I went through that phase, where everything was excessive! Like if I drove a fast car I'd just have to take it to 130 miles per hour or more, you know!

There's more noise that comes with wearable computing, things that let us take pictures every 30 seconds as we walk around living our lives, and a huge number more photos per person will exist.

I've paid for more pianos in hotel lobbies than you can imagine.

My problem is I'm an addictive personality. I can't have one coffee. I can't eat one piece of chocolate.

When people pile seven things onto one burger, it drives me nuts!

Wall Street has become a veritable casino.

The party on Wall Street never ends - while the rest of us pick up their tab and suffer the hangover.

People are rightfully upset about Wall Street abuses and excess.

These days people wallow in enormous masses of sound.

In a consumer society, people wallow in things, fascinating, enjoyable things. If you define your value by the things you acquire and surround yourself with, being excluded is humiliating.

You know, I've been to some superstars' houses, and I've been really disgusted when I see their platinum discs hanging in the toilet. They're just there on the walls glaring at you when you're trying to be occupied with other things.