Many who burnt heretics in the ordinary way of their business were otherwise excellent people.
You can't succeed by being good. That's what you get paid for. You can't succeed by being excellent. That's what you're expected to do. You can only succeed by being outstanding.
Indifference is an excellent substitute for patience.
I don't like being preachy. I think using fun and humor is an excellent way to make people think.
Reward excellent failures. Punish mediocre successes.
We in America should see that no man is ever given, no matter how gradually or how noble and excellent the man, the power to put this country into a war which is now being prepared and brought closer each day with all the pre-meditation of a long planned murder. For when you give power to an executive you do not know who will be filling that position when the time of crisis comes.
What is called a reason for living is also an excellent reason for dying.
Geometry is beautifully logical, and it teaches you how to think and prove that things are so, step by step by step. Proofs are excellent lessons in reasoning. Without logic and reasoning, you are dependent on jumping to conclusions or - worse - having empty opinions.
Excellent! I will still be in time for the ballet!
Excellent conquerors do not engage.
An excellent indie horror book with a wholly original premise.
A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make the world a better place.
It is one thing to own a woman, and it is another to have her within the bonds of an excellent mastery.
I'm pretty good at putting up drywall and I'm an excellent kisser. That's pretty much all of my skills right there.
My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors
If a person becomes content with what is average, minimally acceptable, or satisfactory, she will rarely exert the effort or work toward something that is truly excellent or outstanding.
Some Iraqi writers are more daring today and have excellent imaginations and their material is rich in human experience. But the Arab prizes, once again, are part of the context of life in the Arab world - anarchy, confusion, and corruption.
You know Mildred would never do anything wrong or foolish. I reflected a little sadly that this was only too true and hoped I did not appear too much that kind of person to others. Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all strive after it, but it can sometimes be a little depressing.
Chemistry: that most excellent child of intellect and art.
What are the critical success factors of your job? What must you be absolutely, positively excellent at doing to be successful?