"Sports just happen to be excellent for avoiding foreign-language stage fright and developing lasting friendships while still sounding like Tarzan."
Excellent quotes
Excellent
207 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Excellent
Browse quotes that often appear alongside excellent — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Excellent quotes (page 4 of 11)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"Dressing effectively is a kind of excellent manners."
"Excellent conquerors do not engage."
"Excellent soldiers are not furious."
"You become excellent, and when you become excellent, no-one can take that away from you."
"Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable."
"There is turmoil under the heavens. The prospects are excellent."
"I have never yet known a poet who did not think himself super-excellent."
"History would be an excellent thing if only it were true."
"Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent."
"Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent. I therefore show you only the best works; and when you are grounded in these, you will have a standard for the rest, which you will know how to value, without overrating them."
"There is a more excellent way, of love and nonviolent protest."
"It is commonly seene by experience, that excellent memories do rather accompany weake judgements."