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Quotes About Moderation

Knock yourself out... Or rather, don't.
~ Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl
This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.
~ Plautus
As to the Seven Deadly Sins, I deplore Pride, Wrath, Lust, Envy and Greed. Gluttony and Sloth I pretty much plan my day around.
~ Robert Breault
One meal a day is enough for a lion and would be for all of us if all we did all day was swat flies.
~ Erma Bombeck
Indeed, moderation is my middle name (though I do not often use it in signing legal documents)
~ W. C. Fields
Since I've retired, I eat less, weigh less, train less and care less.
~ Ray Mancini
The reason I'm not an alcoholic is I don't like to drink in front of the kids . . . and when you're away from them, who needs it?.
~ Phyllis Diller
My one light American Spirit that I smoke once a week, on Saturday night.
~ Gwyneth Paltrow
The cure for moving too fast is just to slow down.
~ Unknown
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.' But eating too many, is quite enough-plenty. And you'll have to go see the good doc anyway.
~ Solange nicole
Best to have only a few absolutely perfect trait - for example, my hair and eyes and sparkling personality - so you don't overwhelm.
~ Unknown
The immediate present belongs to the extremists, but the future belongs to the moderates.
~ Helen Suzman
Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
~ Ernest Hemingway
It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth.
~ Unknown
Remember, if you smoke after sex you're doing it too fast.
~ Woody Allen
No animal ever invented anything as bad as drunkenness - or as good as drink.
~ Unknown
Actually, it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or fourteenth.
~ George Burns
A drink a day keeps the shrink away.
~ Edward Abbey
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
~ Dean Martin
I've never been drunk, but often I've been overserved.
~ George Gobel
Don't smoke too much, drink too much, eat too much or work too much. We're all on the road to the grave -- but there's no need to be in the passing lane.
~ Robert Orben
Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.
~ Unknown
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
~ Oscar Wilde
Friendship is like milking a cow. If you milk too often, you won't get much milk. If you don't milk enough, the milk is sour and the cow is soar. But if you milk regularly, the milk is sweet, plentiful, and the cow is happy.
~ Unknown