Quotes About Excess

Indigence and indulgence are the two extremes of wretchedness.

Yet he found an excuse for drunkenness which few men but he could have found. Stockdale (Memoirs, ii. 189) says that he heard Mrs. Williams 'wonder what pleasure men can take in making beasts of themselves. I wonder, Madam, replied Johnson, that you have not penetration enough to see the strong inducement to this excess; for he who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.' [1278]

Damn what you like, Pieterzoon. But don't damn liquor. It's the stuff of life!

I had done either too much coke or too little, a constant problem in my life.

There can be no genial companionship among great egotists who have drunk too much.

I'm a fan of Oliver Stone. I like his movies, I like his excess, and I think he has a great capacity for empathy and it comes out more powerfully in this movie than in any of his other films, even the formal 'I'm identifying with the underdog' movies like 'Born on the Fourth of July.'

Undergraduate life on college campuses tends in the direction of neopagan excess.

First off, I have to mention what is undoubtedly the greatest phenomenon of the modern era: All You Can Eat Buffets.

Unfortunately, our affluent society has also been an effluent society.

In the world of today, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of all of those contradictions. That is how we ended up complicating our world.

In today's world, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of that disparity.

We, humans, have come up with so many superficialities that are completely unnecessary for our existence and happiness on earth.

Anything which you have in profusion is poison

Women sometimes go too far, it's true. But it's only when you go too far that others listen.

I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women. The other half I wasted.

I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.

I love America, and I love American women. But there is one thing that deeply shocks me - American closets. I cannot believe one can dress well when you have so much.

I must have gone through $10 million during my career. Part of the loot went for gambling, part for horses and part for women. The rest I spent foolishly.

I've drank more beer and pissed more blood and banged more women than all you numb nuts put together!

I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted

Women and wine, game and deceit, make the wealth small, and the want great

Cricket is not a rational sport in India, and we go overboard.

At worst, spring break in Daytona Beach feels feral - like everybody is trying to re-create scenes from the movie 'The Hangover.'

My favorite role ever was Alien in 'Spring Breakers'.