The decent moderation of today will be the least of human things tomorrow. At the time of the Spanish Inquisition, the opinion of good sense… was that people ought not to burn too large a number of heretics; extreme and unreasonable opinion demanded that they should burn none at all.
—Maurice Maeterlinck
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
—W. Somerset Maugham
A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
—Donald Trump
Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
—English proverb
Everything in moderation, including moderation.
—Julia Child
The middle of the road is where the white line is-and that's the worst place to drive.
—Robert Frost
Assuming either the Left Wing or the Right Wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.
—Pat Paulsen