Al Michaels Quotes

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.

People have been fed this diet of pabulum, rights, and impulsive freedom. There's just an absolute starvation for the other side of the story.

We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.

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.

You know, there's times when you should play and there's times when you gotta hold back.

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.

Only actions give life strength; only moderation gives it charm.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.

Moderation is never something I've been good at.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

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

Everything in moderation - that's what I live by.

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.

Use, don't abuse.

When a thing is not worth overdoing, leave it alone!

My biggest weakness is that I'm excessive. Fortunately for everyone concerned, I'm not as excessive as I used to be.

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

I can't do anything in moderation.

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?

I'm a real 'go, go' person... I'd make myself crazy by pushing too hard. It's important to pull pack the reins a little bit and get in touch with what's inside.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.