Marianne Moore Quotes

Too much of something is never good.

There is such a thing as having too much of a good thing.

In excess, most endeavors and possessions take on the characteristics of their opposite.

If nothing were substituted for everything, it would still be too much and too little.

Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.

Sleep is the gasoline that keeps me going.

I don't feel like I'm slowing down.

When you're young, you can burn the candle at both ends, and you're fine.

I think that, pretty much, any good thing taken to extremes can become a bad thing.

I think an excess of anything is bad, be it mobile phones, social media, private tuitions or watching television.

If you only use rich and luxurious ingredients, you end up with excess.

You can love something too much, you can spend too much time with something - that's when you've got to learn how to balance.

Can one desire too much of a good thing?

Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

The fruits eaten temperately need not make us ashamed of our appetites, nor interrupt the worthiest pursuits. But put an extra condiment into your dish, and it will poison you.

Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.

Eat not to dullness, drink not to elevation.

To go on being an actor, you need sheer animal energy. If you can't restock your energy, you have to hide your lack of it.

I am like a lemon. I'm pressed for more juice. When I have fun, there's still juice. I am not dried up.

Literature, like anything else, can become a wearisome business if you make a lifetime specialty of it. A healthy, wholesome man would no more spend his entire life reading great books than he would packing cookies for Nabisco.

Excess always carries it's own retributions.

Exceed due measure, and the most delightful things become the least delightful.

The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation," she said. "Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom… that is very hard indeed.

Consistency is a jewel, but too much jewelry is vulgar.

Excess in moderation: don't drink a few beers every day after work, wait 'till the end of the month and drink all the beers at once.