Moderation Quotes

"I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time."
-Mark Twain

"Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody."
-Mark Twain

"Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess."
-Oscar Wilde

"It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation."
-Roberto Benigni

"Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it a charm."
-Jean Paul Richter

"Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide."
-Cicero

"The supply of folklore remedies for hangover is virtually limitless. The best way to contend with hangover is not to get one, by practicing abstinence or moderation."
-David L. Katz

"The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility."
-John Arbuthnot Fisher

"Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind."
-Francois Fenelon

"My God, Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation!"
-Robert Clive

"Moderation is the secret of survival."
-Manly Hall

"Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative."
-Henry Kissinger

"We are seeing a market that has experienced extraordinary rates of growth. We are seeing those rates moderate. That pace of moderation has been slightly greater than we expected."
-Richard Segal

"A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success."
-Otto von Bismarck

"You can eat whatever you want in moderation, and that's what everyone has gotten away from. Do you want it, or do you need it?"
-Lora Cunningham

"We expect the combination of a U.S. growth moderation and the lagged impacts of a strong Canadian dollar on factory employment to do a lot of the work in engineering that cooling in Canadian hiring, leaving the Bank of Canada with only another 50 basis points in rate hikes."
-Avery Shenfeld

"Interest rates probably aren't high enough. The Bank of Canada will keep raising until it sees some moderation in the housing market and employment."
-Fred Pynn

"The rule really is everything in moderation."
-Sandra Ford

"We believe the stock's sell-off is attributed to the moderation of top-line growth at MPS due to its focus on margins, and a lower than expected first quarter outlook from a competitor."
-James Janesky

"Just wait until we rewrite the moderation system. It's going to be sexy."
-Jeff Bates

"We can eat anything in moderation, as long as there's also regular, consistent exercise. To have lasting weight loss, one must include regular exercise with healthy eating in a way that can be continued forever."
-Angie Stewart

"We wouldn't be surprised to see some moderation in earnings growth. But then we see few airlines in our region making healthy profits with oil prices at these levels."
-Peter Negline

"I have changed my ministers, but I have not changed my measures; I am still for moderation and will govern by it."
-Princess Anne

"Moderation is what will lead to success."
-Sunny Robinson

"This was not really unique in the 1970s. Over the years, as moderation became the big thing, the little bottles fell out of favor."
-Tom Sponseller

"The employment report will make or break the bond market this week. Until you start to see moderation on the employment front, you're not going to see much of a slowdown in the economy."
-Mike Ryan

"A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation."
-Donald Trump

"Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin."
-Cornelius Tacitus