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Quotes About Moderation

had gotten in trouble from talking too much.
~ Robert A. Caro
Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
God made alcohol and he made feet - and he made 'em so you could put 'em together and be happy!
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Wanting more than you can have will spoil what you've got.
~ Robert B. Parker
both practicing restraint.
~ Robert B. Parker
Anything more than the truth would be too much.
~ Robert Frost
We shall be known by the delicacy of where we stop short.
~ Robert Frost
Easy does it.
~ Robert Frost
Love never dies of starvation," she wrote, "but often of indigestion.
~ Robert Greene
Be Frugal with Flattery. It may seem that your superiors cannot get enough flattery, but too much of even a good thing loses its value. It also stirs up suspicion among your peers.
~ Robert Greene
The secret of politics is to care about success, but not too much.
~ Kenneth Minogue
Remember, conservative means withholding and liberal means generosity. It's pretty self-explanatory.
~ Kevyn Aucoin
Enough is as good as a feast. And it's when everyone is equal that your kids are safest.
~ Kim Stanley Robinson
They were not overwhelmed with emotion, but simply whelmed
~ Kim Stanley Robinson
principle of mediocrity.
~ Kim Stanley Robinson
If you want to finish the evening with your usual number of fingers, do any cutting-up, peel-slicing and the like before you have had more than a couple of drinks, preferably before your first.
~ Kingsley Amis
If you want to behave better and feel better, the only absolutely certain method is drinking less. But to find out how to do that, you will have to find a more expert expert than I shall ever be.
~ Kingsley Amis
The first, indeed the only, requirement of a diet is that is should lose you weight without reducing your alcoholic intake by the smallest degree.
~ Kingsley Amis
Zuviel ist gerade so falsch wie zuwenig.
~ Konfuzius
Enough. You're going to make yourself sick. He clasped her hand to help her up. She reluctantly let him. But I haven't eaten more than a regular meal. Lass, there's more where that came from. You doona have to behave like it's your last meal. She laughed without humor. Spoken like a man who's never missed one. -Maddy
~ Kresley Cole
Indeed, no one should see too much of their own history or future.
~ Kristen Britain
Couples should abstain from sexual relations at least 2 or 3 days a week. Gradually try to reach a stage of celibacy most days.
~ Mata Amritanandamayi
Be nice wont you?" "I am nice, I'm always nice." "But not too nice. I mean don't make a religion out of it, niceness.
~ David Nicholls
The purpose of religion is tocontrol yourself, not to criticiseothers.
~ Dalai Lama XIV