A Quote by Flann O'Brien

Moderation, we find, is an extremely difficult thing to get in this country.

Flann O'Brien

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Flann O'Brien
Irish - Novelist
October 5, 1911 - April 1, 1966

Moderation in all things. And even moderation in moderation. Don't get too much moderation, you know?

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Frank Lampard

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Compton Mackenzie

Another thing I find extremely eerie is that when people build a house, they almost exactly get it wrong. They don't just get it partly wrong, they get it dead wrong.

Bill Mollison

Keep to the middle if you wish to keep moderation. The mid way is the safe way. Moderation abides in the mean, and moderation is virtue. Every abiding place outside the bounds of moderation is only exile to the wise man.

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Do you find it difficult to forgive one who has wronged you? Then you will find it difficult to get to heaven.

Charles Spurgeon

I've done all the coaching badges at St George's and the one thing I find very difficult, let alone get a job, is to even get an interview.

Dwight Yorke

Most governments only want to deploy a peacekeeping force where there is a peace agreement and there is peace to keep. They are very hesitant about putting their men and women in harm's way. It is extremely difficult to get the troops if you do not have the consent of the country where you are deploying.

Kofi Annan

Most people find it extremely difficult - if not impossible - to focus in prayer.

Tricia Rhodes

Fat loss is an all-out war. Give it 28 days - only 28 days. Attack it with all you have. It's not a lifestyle choice; it's a battle. Lose fat and then get back into moderation. There's another one for you: moderation. Revelation says it best: 'You are lukewarm and I shall spit you out.' Moderation is for sissies.

Dan John

In cooking I found my mentor in this great chef, Albert Roux. I think this is a very important thing in life, to find someone who can steer you because to find it all by yourself is quite a difficult and slow process. That's not to say you won't ever get there, but to find a great coach, a great mentor, someone to show you the way and to open a few windows and doors, is a wonderful thing in life.

Paul Rankin

Just trying to get a film made which is always difficult no matter what kind of a budget you have. Not having a budget makes it even more difficult. Having nineteen days and no budget makes it extremely difficult.

Eriq La Salle

Even if you are genuinely interested in what is in your products, it is extremely difficult and often impossible to find out.

Christien Meindertsma

In practice it is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is sometimes extremely difficult to find this out.

Samuel Butler

One thing we have endeavoured to observe most scrupulously, namely, never to depart from the strictest facts and, in dealing with the difficult questions that have arisen during the year, we hope that we have used the utmost moderation possible under the circumstances.

Mahatma Gandhi

The enterprise of describing something in language that has never been described before is a very difficult thing to do. When you decide to do away with old cliches or old phraseologies, and to come up with a new way of saying something, it's extremely difficult.

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