Excellent Quotes

We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.

I decided that the University of Sussex in Brighton was a good place for this work because it had a strong tradition in bacterial molecular genetics and an excellent reputation in biology.

Most people have excellent necks. Now they cover them with curtains, which is kind of ridiculous. But there are some beautiful necklines that you can cut into and create wonderful backs, as well as bone structure for the face.

Do not use that foreign word "ideals." We have that excellent native word "lies."

It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.

For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.

Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional.

Careless shepherd make excellent dinner for wolf.

When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent.

Excellent education and an excellent environment are two hallmarks of our state. How we treat our environment is connected to so many other opportunities in Maine.

My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors.

Love is of that excellent nature, that it is esteemed by the best of men, and accepted from the meanest persons; what then is the affection of a Father!

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics.

What is easy is seldom excellent.

We have an interest in excellent relations because we are neighbours as Europeans with Russia. We are allies with the United States in the NATO framework.

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera.

MPC, Moving Picture Company, they're really excellent, they did the majority of the effects.

These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not rotten and out of joint but meaningful and ultimately in excellent condition.

I think our police are excellent, probably because I have not done anything that has occasioned being beaten up by these good men.

Many rock musicians are excellent cooks, I've found, and those that are prefer to eat their own cooking in the studio. I encourage this behavior as I also enjoy the benefits of fresh food.

I've seen the teaser trailer for Revenge of the Sith though and I think it will be excellent.

President Bush has had an outstanding Secretary of State in Colin Powell and there are not many people who could replace him, making Condoleezza Rice an excellent choice.

People don't realize that I'm really funny and I'm an excellent bridge player.

I feel great, the prognosis is excellent.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

It is one thing to own a woman, and it is another to have her within the bonds of an excellent mastery.

Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.