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Quotes About Moderate

When Ronald Reagan chose George H.W. Bush in 1980, it was a clear signal that he was running an inclusive campaign; that he welcomed the moderate and even liberal wings of the GOP - there was a liberal wing back then - into his campaign.
~ Jeff Greenfield
Dependence" itself is pathologized, when, as we've seen, dependence isn't the real problem in addiction: compulsive and destructive behavior is. (And indeed, the DSM-5, published in 2013, recognizes this, replacing "dependence" with "moderate to severe substance use disorder.")
~ Maia Szalavitz
Unlikely though it may seem today, the nineteenth century was indeed a time when it was assumed, in both fiction and geology, that Nature was moderate and orderly: this was a distinctive mark of a new and 'modern' worldview.
~ Amitav Ghosh
To ABATE  (ABA'TE)   v.a.[from the French abbatre, to beat down.]1. To lessen, to diminish.
~ Samuel Johnson
In real life I'm pretty easy going and pretty chill, I'm not the party girl who will go wild and crazy necessarily.
~ Bonnie McKee
This bad habit of fault-finding, criticizing and complaining is a tool that grows keener by constant use, and there is grave danger that he who at first is only a moderate kicker may develop into a chronic knocker, and the knife he has sharpened will sever his head. Hooker
~ Elbert Hubbard
a moderate roll rings the bell, and a big roll brings out the cook.
~ Apsley Cherry-Garrard
I am not a rabid partisan.
~ Joe Wilson
While there are many moderate Muslims, Islam's political ideology is radical and has global ambitions.
~ Geert Wilders
I don't think I'm a flaming radical.
~ Jeanne Phillips
Our brains are wired such that it's difficult to take action until we feel at least some level of this emotional state. In fact, performance peaks under the heightened activation that comes with moderate levels of stress. As long as the stress isn't prolonged, it's harmless.
~ Travis Bradberry
It always is a battle for a Republican in Connecticut, even one who's a moderate like I am, and one who's an independent thinker.
~ Linda McMahon
I live a pretty conservative life, so I probably really haven't done anything crazy.
~ Michael Phelps
teetotaler.
~ John Hooper
Public health recommendations, from the Centers for Disease Control to the American College of Sports Medicine, suggest doing some form of moderate aerobic exercise for thirty minutes at least five days a week.
~ John J. Ratey
It is therefore worthwhile, to search out the bounds between opinion and knowledge; and examine by what measures, in things, whereof we have no certain knowledge, we ought to regulate our assent, and moderate our persuasions.
~ John Locke
I am a rational person. I am moderate. I am humble.
~ Charles Michel
I'm excited to bring a dose of moderate, rational conservatism to 'The Cycle.'
~ Abby Huntsman
I think we have to acknowledge that the way to get back into the majority into the Congress and pick up seats is to make sure we are a big-tent party and reaching out to people that are moderate and not just push to the left.
~ Dan Lipinski
By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative', one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary', one who won't go at all.
~ Woodrow Wilson
I try to stay grounded.
~ Jimmer Fredette
I'm a very guarded person, very controlled person.
~ Erika Jayne
Pragmatic political figures are sometimes called "moderate" or "middle of the road" because of their willingness to compromise. But the term "moderate" gives the false impression that there is a linear political continuum, with people distributed along it. The continuum metaphor hides the major role played by moral systems and the fact that pragmatic politicians in America are usually pragmatic versions of either liberals or conservatives. Not
~ George Lakoff
Remember that there is no ideology of the moderate—no set of views held by all moderates.
~ George Lakoff