Sentence examples for excessive anything from inspiring English sources

He also believed that education, hard work and respect for the past were essential; that excessive anything — money, fun, religion — led to trouble; and that social harmony was best achieved when people interacted courteously, but basically minded their own business.

But to my delight, the word turned out not to be unsavory at all, and was instead an unusual way of referring to "excessive drinking" (or, in the context of the review — in which it appeared as "sexual crapulence" — excessive anything).

If you come out of the gate with excessive enthusiasm, anything less will appear cold.

Through posters and meetings with student leaders, university officials urged students today "not to do anything excessive or emotional".

The bank's president, Wim Duisenberg, said at a news briefing that "there's not yet anything excessive" about the currency's rise.

A. Excessive amounts of anything in a keyboard will probably affect the response and recoil of the buttons on the keyboard.

No economic entity, corporate or political, can remain strong if it takes on excessive debt for anything other than productive capital assets.

If he lost a match, he'd put his arms out: 'Well, I tried my best.' And when he won, he'd pump his fist, both fists at head level: 'Yeah, I won!' But it was never anything excessive".

One person familiar with the strategy behind sending the letters said the payments were for "ordinary matters of hospitality" when Olympic and federation officials visited South Korea, not for anything excessive.

The new Venusberg music for Tannhäuser, in its languid, extreme chromatic richness, epitomised sexual satiety to an even greater degree, with more excessive freedom, than anything found in Tristan.

The bank resisted those calls at its last monthly meeting, arguing, in the words of its president, Wim Duisenberg, that "there's not yet anything excessive" in the rise of the euro.