Quotes About Moderation

All her life she has been led to believe that she is a child born at the end of things: the empire, the era, the reign of men on earth. But in the glow of the scribes' enthusiasm, she senses that in a city like Urbino, beyond the horizon, other possibilities might exist, and in daydreams she takes flight across the Aegean, through her spread fingers, until she alights in a bright clean palace, full of Justice and Moderation, its rooms lined with books, free to anyone who can read them.

Before you eat, drink as much water as you can, and you will feel full more quickly.

The Oracle at Delphi contained three maxims emblematic of Greek life. "Know yourself." "Nothing in excess." and, "Offer a guarantee and disaster threatens.

How innocent, how happy, how truly delightful, even, would life be if we were to desire nothing but what is to be found upon the face of the earth: in a word, nothing but what is provided ready to our hands!

People know excessive consumption of anything is bad for health. By imposing a ban on something, we are, in a way, provoking them to do it.

Prudence is not hesitation, procrastination, or moderation. It is not driving in the middle of the road. It is not the way of ambivalence, indecision, or safety.

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

Once established with Great Britain, it would not be difficult, with moderation and prudence, to establish permanent peace with the rest of the world, when our most sanguine hopes of prosperity may be realized.

I try to be prudent with everything and fortunately I have enough to support me in a nice middle-class lifestyle, while I try to do other things.

I used to go to the pub every day and drink five pints of beer and then think, 'What is it that's making me put on weight?'

My life philosophy is that you need a boring private life if you want to have a more exciting public life.

When I start to get that few pounds, which I try to monitor, then I just pull back. So it's really just being conscious.

The only way I've been able to keep my sanity is to pull back when I feel like it's time to pull back.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

A chap can go too far in the pursuit of authenticity.

From time to time I might push a little bit too hard and I have got to be a bit more careful.

I'm a big eater in terms that l love flavor, but I don't like to eat a lot of one thing. I like to eat a little bit.

I guess that's a flaw in my career, that I like to work too much.

I don't go flying into tackles and running around 100 mph. That's just not me.

I would rather have 1/4 of a cookie for four days than a big cookie on day one followed by three days with nothing - this has been documented by my colleagues.

One should eat to live, not live to eat.

I always say centered food equals centered behavior.

It's taken me three years to learn that just because I work in the food industry, it doesn't mean that I have to eat every minute of every day.

I don't even know what my favourite food is anymore, as they are all such bad foods!