Quotes About Moderation

Of the small number of things which I have liked and done well, drinking is by far the thing I have done best. Although I have read a lot, I have drunk more. I have written much less than most people who write; but I have drunk more than the majority of the people who drink.

Pleasures tasted sparingly and with difficulty have always a higher relish, whilst everything that is easy and common grows stale and insipid.

Und, bitte, ein bisschen Langeweile - Langeweile in kleinen Dosen ist so gesund.

We talked about how most Americans used to be in the middle, relatively speaking. That's how America kept its balance all those years. The left and the right were close enough to have disagreements but not hate." "Okay." "That world is gone, Gavin, and so it will now be easy to destroy the social order. The middle has become complacent. They are smart, but they are lazy. They see the grays. They get the other side. Extremists, on the other hand, see only black

There is a fine line between a coffee break and a crack house.

Cheeseburger medium rare, fries, a Bud." "You want an angiogram after that?" "Good

I won't touch alcohol.

I don't want to commit to too many films, as it would result in getting out of touch with what is happening in the industry.

I never stood in a public house bar and alcoholic drink never touched my lips.

I'm not a heavy drinker, I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.

We all say, 'You don't have to run around playing all these tournaments and trying to conquer the world like Dr. Evil.'

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity.

The connect that I have with the audience comes from my hard work and sincerity towards my craft and also because of the opportunities that I have had. I have been able to engage with my audiences. They observe my performances minutely. They think I will do some magic on screen. They like me because I don't do over-the-top acting.

The Democratic Party needs to look carefully at moving towards the middle, where the American people are.

I pay my rent and my bills and I buy food and toys for my dog and that's it.

There's a process to everything. If you fast track or make shortcuts in any way, and you get too much of one thing, you're just out of balance.

To be a good Briton, a man must trade profitably, marry respectably, live cleanly, avoid excess, revere the established order, and wear his heart in his breeches pocket or anywhere but on his sleeve.

Moderation cannot have the credit of combatiug and subduing ambition, they are never found together. Moderation is the languor and indolence of the soul, as ambition is its activity and ardor.

Though they seem at opposite poles, fanatics of all kinds are actually crowded together at one end. It is the fanatic and the moderate who are poles apart and never meet.

He who will travel far spares his steed.

He that would travel much, should eat little.

The laws all true wanderers obey are these: 'Thou shalt not eat nor drink more than thy share,' 'Thou shalt not lie about the places thou hast visited or the distances thou hast traversed.

When I travel, there are no rules with my diet. I eat whatever looks good, but in small portions. Food is such a rich part of the travel experience. There is no way I would cut that out!