Quotes About Moderation

I say Republicans aren't right all the time. Democrats aren't wrong all the time - now, maybe most of the time, but not all the time.

I'm active, but I just don't like being hungry or feeling like I've deprived myself. I want to enjoy life.

I have never been a foodie and am seldom very hungry.

If I was doing 'The Hunt' constantly, I would get very old, very fast.

You don't go hunting for a deer and shoot 50 rounds.

I have never felt the need to get agitated or hyper about anything in life.

I love coffee, but I have to make sure I don't have more than one cup a day because I'm already a little hyper.

Hyperbole is something I'd better avoid.

I am not looking or thinking that every move of mine will generate mass hysteria.

I do some dairy. I'm careful on that; it needs to be hormone free. But everybody has to have ice cream!

My kids have always been allowed to have dessert. My husband thinks I'm too free and easy about that kind of stuff, but my kids will throw out a half-eaten ice cream cone if they've had enough, which I've never in my life been able to do.

I once in a while cheat and have a little ice cream, and then I kind of blame myself.

I love chocolate, and I love ice cream. That's a double whammy there. I constantly have to check myself and say, 'I've already had dessert today.'

Being OK means you're not sad, and you're not incredibly happy. You're content. You're OK. And that's the ideal place to be, to be able to say, 'I'm OK.'

I'm not a fan of idleness, except in small doses.

If I could eat French fries every day of my life, I would.

I like McDonald's burgers and Happy Meals. And I've got a thing for kebabs, too. But I don't eat too much of that stuff or it makes me feel a bit ill.

I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing.

I am not immersed in self-admiration.

I have the impression that every word is a word too many. I'm constantly holding myself back.

I don't really drink very much, although I have abused alcohol in the past.

My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

As for the anonymous admonition about moderation and forbearance, how could the time for moderation be past? That would mean that reason is of no use to us. .