Quotes About Extremes

I don't think I realized the extremes of my proportions until I moved to Paris. I thought I'd be 'normal' as a model, but actually, even in that world, I was at one end of the spectrum.

I'm either shooting nine grams of coke a day or spending two hours at the gym. There's no middle ground.

What I saw when I was doing research is that in pursuit of a middle ground, people will kind of split the difference between the two extremes that they're hearing. And I think what's problematic is that people are seeing vaccinating on schedule, on time, as an extreme position.

The north German does not go in for extremes. He has broader horizons than the men from the mountains of Bavaria and Austria.

How far should a person go in the name of true love?

Musicals and horror movies are my two favorite genres because they're about extremes.

There are naked people in boots on a mountain top firing guns.

Love is a golden bubble full of dreams, That waking breaks, and fills us with extremes. ---From "Hero and Leander, Sestiad III

T?pk? a??r? sevecenliÄŸin bir savaÅŸç?y? yumuÅŸat?p güçsüz düÅŸürmesi gibi, bu a??r? sahip ç?k?c? ve üste titreyen sevgi de, kitab? önünde sonunda öldürecek olan hastal???n etkisine aç?k bir duruma gelecekti.

Lanny had seen much poverty here and elsewhere, but never more gaunt and haggard humans than he found in this lonely valley in the naked hills of Aragon, bitter cold in winter and blazing hot in summer.

The longing for a man, as you know, is a grand escape. It can arch your mental process to extremes so that, like a gymnast or a ballerina, you're contorted to such outrageous limits – I'm speaking of passion – that nothing else matters. I wanted this. I desired diversion.

L'amour n'a point de moyen terme; ou il perd, ou il sauve.

El exceso del dolor como el exceso de la alegría, es una cosa violenta que dura poco: el corazón del hombre no puede durar mucho en un extremo.

L'eccesso del dolore, come l'eccesso della gioia, sono stati d'animo violenti, che durano poco. Il cuore dell'uomo non può restare a lungo in estremo.

It is particularly in the matter of distress and intelligence that it is dangerous to have extremes meet.

There is no middle ground, no safe place; not here, in the Great Alone.

A girl's got to use what she's given and I'm not going to make a guy drool the way a Britney video does. So I take it to extremes. I don't say I dress sexily on stage - what I do is so extreme. It's meant to make guys think: 'I don't know if this is sexy or just weird.

Your trusting idiocy knows no bounds

N-am încotro: orice-aÈ™ face, mie-mi plac întotdeauna extremele. În materie de fiinÈ›e, nu agreez decât animalele È™i plantele des?vârÈ™ite, decât pe aceia care-È™i fac cinstit treaba, f?r? s? priceap? altceva, f?r? s? se vânture de ici-colo, p?l?vr?gind È™i urm?rindu-È™i ambiÈ›iile, sau geniul adev?rat, sufletul m?reÈ›, eroul uriaÈ™ È™i solitar ca un munte de noapte.

The Curse has a thing for contrast: frivolity one minute, homicide the next.

The most momentous moment is the moment of decision. This calls for proficiency because it makes or destroys only in the extremes.

Bodissey: The evil man is a source of fascination; ordinary persons wonder what impels such extremes of conduct. A lust for wealth? A common motive, undoubtedly. A craving for power? Revenge against society? Let us grant these as well. But when wealth has been gained, power achieved and society brought down to a state of groveling submission, what then? Why does he continue? The response must be: the love of evil for its own sake.

Extremes live within us all. The joy of association resides alongside the anticipation of loss. What is given will be taken, what we have is often only of value to us when it is gone." He paused, his face now held to the light once more.

Extremes live within us all. The joy of association resides alongside the anticipation of loss. What is given will be taken, what we have is often only of value to us when it is gone.