Quotes About Temperance

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

I have realised I need to tone down and be easy at times. It is good to be competitive and have a fighting spirit, but one should not go to extremes.

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.

Whenever I feel like having some sort of comfort food, I'll have some of it but won't have tons of it.

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad.

You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important.

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough.

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.

It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.

I want to keep everything balanced. That's why it's important not to have too much fanfare.

I'm Jewish. I've always had a thing where it's okay to dance with the devil, just don't become the devil. Even at my peak, I never went too over the top.

Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.

He is a fool who cannot be angry; but he is a wise man who will not.

Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one.

Mama once told Gary to put his anger in a pot and let it simmer.

Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality; it strikes at the root of all domestic happiness, and consigns more than half of the human race to misery.

"Statesman" gives the impression that every time a major issue comes up, I'll be popping off. And that's not what's going to happen.

I may not look it, but I can be a very patient guy. And killing time is one of my specialities.

I'm not the kind of guy who likes to rush things through. I like to take my time and finish when I'm finished.