Mel Gibson Quotes

I can't do anything in moderation.

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

I am bound to add that the excess in too little has ever proved in me more dangerous than the excess in too much; the last may cause indigestion, but the first causes death.

Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.

It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.

Moderation is never something I've been good at.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

I don't want to be viewed as a womaniser or whatever. I don't like going crazy crazy, I like having fun but it's nice to wake up in your own bed, isn't it?

If I could change one thing about myself... I would try to control my generosity.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

To know your limitations is the hallmark of a wise person.

… vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!

You can't get too excited about your own medicine.

Learning when 'enough is enough' is the discipline of a lifetime.

I am sensible that my keenness of temper, and a vanity to be distinguished for the day, make me too often splash in life.... I amresolved to restrain myself and attend more to decorum.

Teach him to deny himself.

You gotta take care of yourself; you can't do anything in excess.

We benefit, intellectually and personally, from the interplay between different selves, from the balance between long-term contemplation and short-term impulse. We should be wary about tipping the scales too far. The community of selves shouldn't be a democracy, but it shouldn't be a dictatorship, either.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

I have a very addictive personality, so I'm even careful about wanting more of anything than I need - even chocolate.

I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.

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

I need to rein myself in sometimes.

There is a time and a place for things. Sometimes one needs to put a filter on oneself. That can be a good thing.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.