Overdoing Quotes

Quotes tagged as "overdoing" Showing 1-8 of 8
Ayn Rand
“If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing.”
Ayn Rand

Criss Jami
“I am a fan of overdoing something, but not running it into the ground. They are complete opposites with only a fine line separating them.”
Criss Jami, Killosophy

Elizabeth Enright
“Already he knew that to overdo a thing is to destroy it.”
elizabeth enright, The Four-Story Mistake

Jeet Thayil
“He said he'd teach her the important things, starting with the most important thing of all, the correct way to make tea and rice, so tea wasn't overbrewed and the rice wasn't overcooked. He said: You want to make food forget Indian way. Indian's system is like American system, everything overdone. They have no subtle. He sent her to buy octopus. She brought the tentacles home in a bag of ice and cut them into thin slices, at a sharp angle. She put the sliced octopus in a saucepan with ginger and green onions and added a black bean paste. He told her to touch the octopus to the flame and serve. But she let the dish cook for a good five minutes until the flesh was tough and rubbery. You overdid, he told her. Old Chinese saying, you don't need take off your pant to fart.”
Jeet Thayil, Narcopolis

Turcois Ominek
“I over analyze situations because Im scared of what may happen if I'm not prepared for it.”
Turcois Ominek

William Hazlitt
“The time we lose is not in overdoing what we are about, but in doing nothing.”
William Hazlitt, The Plain Speaker: The Key Essays

Amit Kalantri
“Too much light for the eyes is as useless as darkness.”
Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words