“I have not been afraid of excess: excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.”

“Everything in moderation, with occasional excess
-- Ghost Rider (2002)”

“If carried to excess, civilization will prove as prolific a source of evil as it had been of goodness when kept within the restraints of moderation.”

“Moderation is a fatal thing, Lady Hunstanton. Nothing succeeds like excess.”

“Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.”

“Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right."”

“I have a weakness for any piece in excess of my opponent's numbers - from pawn to queen.”

“All Taliban are moderate. There are two things: extremism ["ifraat", or doing something to excess] and conservatism ["tafreet", or doing something insufficiently]. So in that sense, we are all moderates - taking the middle path.”

“If there is anything more dangerous to the life of the mind than having no independent commitment to ideas, it is having an excess of commitment to some special and constricting idea. The effect is as observable in politics as in theology: the intellectual function can be overwhelmed by an excess of piety expended within too contracted a frame of reference.”

“Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.”