Quotes of Overdo - somelinesforyou

“ When God created two sexes, he may have been overdoing it. ”

- Charles Merrill Smith

“ Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing. ”

- David Letterman

“ To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it. ”

- Josh Jenkins

“ They have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great things - and that means having exalted notions. They would always rather do noble deeds than useful ones: Their lives are regulated more by moral feeling than by reasoning - all their mistakes are in the direction of doing things excessively and vehemently… ”

- Aristotle

“ A bureaucracy is sure to think that its duty is to augment official power, official business, or official members, rather than to leave free the energies of mankind; it overdoes the quantity of government, as well as impairs its quality. The truth is, that a skilled bureaucracy is, though it boasts of an appearance of science, quite inconsistent with the true principles of the art of business. ”

- Walter Bagehot
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