Do either nothing or everything; the mediocre, the…

“Do nothing or everything; the mediocre, the moderate, is repellent to me; I prefer an extreme.”

— Johann Georg Hamann

“In politics, everyone regards themselves as a moderate, because they know some other sumbitch who's twice as crazy as they are.”

— Timothy B. Tyson

I'm quite moderate.

— Alan Colmes

When the phonies are expelled from their leadership roles and the Republican Party backs a moderate gubernatorial candidate acceptable to the rank and file…

— Carl Paladino

Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.

— Epicurus

It is the mark of a gentleman to be moderate in the use of wine.

— Athenaeus

I'm a moderate. I hang out in the middle. I vote against my party with some regularity and try to compromise. It doesn't appear…

— Claire McCaskill

I'm, in general, an advocate of moderate ticket prices.

— Jupp Heynckes

I keep on saying, being moderate is fundamental to Islam.

— Najib Razak

All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate.

— Michel de Montaigne

As militias go, the Ohio Defense Force is on the moderate side.

— Barton Gellman

Moderate Republicans are reverse Houdinis. They tie themselves up in knots and then tell you they can’t do anything because they’re tied up in…

— Barney Frank

In Tunisia, the so-called Yasmin revolution has led to the installation of a relatively moderate Islamic government. Whether or not that means democracy will,…

— Martin Van Creveld

“How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, more moderate!”

— Jane Austen

What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?

— Antonin Scalia