H. Allen Smith Quotes

Balance is overrated.

My look is either very baroque or very Zen - everything in between makes me itch.

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.

Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.

One's too many, and a hundred's not enough.

Avoid Extremes; and shun the fault of such Who still are pleas'd too little or too much.

There's no need to sharpen my pencils anymore. They're sharp enough. Even the dull ones will make a mark.

Wearing down seven number two pencils is a good day's work.

Too much of something is never good.

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

Too much principle is often more harmful than too little.

There is such a thing as having too much of a good thing.

Too much God and you overdose. God needs to be filtered.

Too much is a vanity; enough is a feast.

Consistency is a jewel, but too much jewelry is vulgar.

Where there is too much, something is missing.

I don't think I ever owned twenty pencils at one time. Wearing down seven number-two pencils is a good day's work.

Our senses will not admit anything extreme. Too much noise confuses us, too much light dazzles us, too great distance or nearness prevents vision, too great prolixity or brevity weakens an argument, too much pleasure gives pain, too much accordance annoys.

Too much is the same as not enough.

I don't believe less is more. I believe that more is more. I believe that less is less, fat fat, thin thin and enough is enough.

As many suffer from too much as too little.

#3 pencils and quadrille pads.

Less is more only when more is too much.

Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.

Simplicity is an exact mediumbetween too little and too much.