“Aristodemus, a friend of Antigonus, supposed to be a cook's son, advised him to moderate his gifts and expenses. "Thy words," said he, "Aristodemus, smell of the apron.” SaidSonSmellSupposed To BeCooksExpensesModeratesAprons Book:Plutarch's Morals Source: Plutarch's Morals
“Obama is very much an establishment sort of guy. The whole image of him as a transcendent figure was based on style rather than substance. If you actually looked at what he said, not how he said it, he said very establishment things. He's a moderate, cautious, ameliorative guy. He tends to gravitate toward Beltway conventional wisdom.” IfsSaidWholeGuyStyleFiguresSubstanceEstablishmentConventionalModeratesCautiousTranscendentConventional Wisdom Author:Paul Krugman
“I have never said that the terrorists' interpretation of Islam is the accurate or correct one. But I have pointed out that the terrorists portray themselves quite successfully among Muslims as the exponents of true and pure Islam, and moderates have mounted no successful response as yet.” SaidSuccessfulPureResponseIslamTerroristInterpretationAccurateModeratesExponents Author:Robert Spencer