Quotes About Moderation

I spent a lot of time hacking, doing all this stuff, building websites, building communities, working all the time, and then a lot of time drinking, partying, and hanging out. And I had to choose when to do which.

I'm not really a child of this '120 TV channels, a billion websites' era. I tried to live that for a long time but recently realized I don't get anything from it. I told myself it was luxury, but it was really only annoying. I'd rather just watch the same 50 movies over and over.

You won't believe when I attend any wedding I also enjoy biryani or even first fry or chicken cutlet. But I balance it out in my next meals. That's how it works.

There are going to be birthdays, weddings, BBQs and work dos and you are entitled to have a few drinks, a slice of cake, a pepperoni pizza or an Easter egg every now and then.

It's better not to wear too much jewellery - just a couple of nice things, nothing too rattly - and stick to kitten heels or flats. Women let themselves down with tall heels. I think they're kind of vulgar. I see women sinking into grass at outdoor parties or tiptoeing over gravel at weddings. It's silly. You need to be practical.

I would certainly love to be playing Mario Kart up until the wee hours, but sometimes I've just got to call it quits.

For me to have a cheeky little biscuit, it's not going to hurt. But I need to control those indulgences. I can't just be scoffing cakes and biscuits five nights a week.

I make sure I eat well without depriving myself of the things that I love: a cheeseburger and fries, creamy white-truffle pasta, bowls of ice cream. Everything in moderation, but I indulge at least three times a week.

If I'm going to get an ice cream cone two or three times a week, then it's a pleasure. No guilt.

I do believe in exercise and eating right. And I'm not an avid exerciser. I exercise twice a week.

I am allowed one matchbox-sized piece of cheese a week.

I play golf five days a week. I find that if I play seven days a week, I get stale.

I still want a curry on a Friday night and maybe a steak and kidney pudding at the weekend but not all the time.

I try to be healthy during the week, then go a bit wild at the weekend.

Obviously you've got to take some time to go out, but just not every weekend!

I eat as much as the next girl, but I work my butt of in the gym every morning! The key is moderation. I splurge on the weekend. A big bowl of pasta and a delicious slice of cake for dessert are my favorites.

I'm an avid runner and play soccer every weekend, but I also have to constantly watch what I eat, and I'm always thinking about how to balance my meals.

I wasn't drinking to get drunk. It's social drinking, so what's the point? It's empty calories, you're poisoning yourself.

One of my ongoing messages is the importance of families not being polarized. It's important to talk about routines and bring everything into the middle and not to one extreme or another.

My policy is to do the least amount to get by.

It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything on top of that is something you have no right to hope for, but we all do.

Balanced is probably what I am, although that's just a polite way to say that you don't do anything very well.

To think that our political organisation is immutable is the best way to hand the country over to the extremes.

I like being a big fish in a small pond. I'm not interested in a huge audience because it brings headaches.