“Disgust is expressed by violence, and it is to be noted of our intellectual temper that violence is a quality which is felt to have a peculiarly intellectual sanction. Our preference, even as articulated by those who are most mild in their persons, is increasingly for the absolute and extreme, of which we feel violence to be the true sign. The gentlest of us will know that the tigers of wrath are to be preferred to the horses of instruction and will consider it intellectual cowardice to take into account what happens to those who ride tigers.” KnowsFeelsPersonsHappensFeltQualityViolenceIntellectualAccountsHorseAbsolutesExtremesTemperInstructionCowardiceDisgustingTigersPreferenceWrathSanctions Author:Lionel Trilling
“Once the settlement is completed, the credit card company will report it to the credit bureaus, which will then make a notation on your credit report that that account was paid by settlement. That's going to signal to future lenders that you left the last guy hanging. That's why, as with bankruptcy, debt settlement is an extreme option, one you shouldn't take lightly. It's not just an easy, cheap way to eliminate debt.” WayLastsGuyLeftEasyCompanyAccountsPaidExtremesCreditDebtCardsReportsSignalsCredit CardSettlementBankruptcyLendersDebt Settlement Author:Jean Chatzky
“In some places you can find an extreme blackness used as a descriptive. I also take into account historical realities that some of this range in color is the legacy of white supremacy.” RealityUsedWhiteColorAccountsHistoricalExtremesLegacyRangeWhite SupremacyBlacknessSupremacy Author:Kerry James Marshall
“What's wrong with extreme dieting and hard-core fitness plans is that they don't take into account the rest of your life.” HardPlansAccountsExtremesCoreRest Of Your LifeDietingHard Core Author:Alison Sweeney
“The most important thing is not to think very much about oneself. To investigate candidly the charge; but not fussily, not very anxiously. On no account to retaliate by going to the other extreme -- thinking too much.” ThinkingImportantToo MuchAccountsImportant ThingsOneselfExtremesThinking Too Much Book:Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)
“The noble science of Geology loses glory from the extreme imperfection of the record. The crust of the earth with its embedded remains must not be looked at as a well-filled museum, but as a poor collection made at hazard and at rare intervals.” WellsMadeEarthScienceLosesPoorRecordsGloryAccountsRemainsFilledExtremesNobleCollectionsMuseumsImperfectionHazardsIntervalsEmbeddedGeology Book:On the Origin of Species Source: On the Origin of Species