Quotes About Decadence

Have you ever eaten something appalling for breakfast, something really bad for you, a chocolate cake, and just thought, Fuck it, this is bad, I'd better keep going? Christ, this is making me feel horrible, I'd better have more?

Drunken women in very sheer catch-a-cold-or-catch-a-man dresses were acting like they were on spring break in Cancún. Inebriated men in dark suits were . . . making passes and grabbing asses and refilling glasses.

Les religions commencent divines, elles finissent humaines. De manière générale, les institutions, comme les civilisations, foncent vers leur disparition, car le temps les vide. En vieillissant, la forme prend plus d'importance que le fond, le contenant compte davantage que le contenu. Ce qu'on appelle la décadence.

Le Bal du comte d'Orgel.

the primary sources of moral decay in this country are the theaters, the dance halls, and the saloons.

It was 2:00 p.m., too early for wine but not for chocolate.

Pre-baby I used to fantasize about winning the lottery, or becoming deliriously famous and rich. Now I fantasize about sleep. I fantasize about slumber the way guys fantasize about sex. Hours of it, days of it. Sleeping on the couch, on the bed, on the floor, wherever I can find a comfortable spot. It is almost illicit, so decadent and unimaginable, it now seems to sleep when I want, where I want, and for as long as I want.

Get rich. Live life to the fullest. Destroy the world.

I've been trying to watch my weight a bit, but when I come to Las Vegas, all bets are off. I get enough healthy food in L.A. where the food is the size of a quarter and costs $40 - when I'm in Vegas, I want a steak!

Whenever I come to Delhi, I forget about eating right and watching my weight.

The thing that attracted me to 'CSI' is that these guys are always professional, but underneath, it's teeming with a heavy shadow. Maybe even some decadence and some weirdness with certain characters! And that always intrigued me as an actor.

I am Amaxon Corazon Junia Principia Delgado the Third, and I bent over my meal and wept luxurious tears into my green banana porridge. It was a perfect decoction, and it now would not satisfy me.

Much of the misgiving that Muslims feel for the West stems from our strong emphasis on freedom, always a risky enterprise. I've heard some say they would rather rear their children in a closely guarded Islamic society than in the United States, where freedom so often leads to decadence.

When you usually think of dessert for one, its something microwaved in a mug or a precious, portioned miniature.

I love nothing more than a good, rich, dark chocolate. It exhilarates. It satisfies.

I could binge-eat cheese - I love any blue cheese. Make it strong; make it deadly.

I am the Empire at the end of the decadence.

When I came to America, there was a lot of decadence in New York in the early '70s because the city was bankrupt and you could do whatever you want!

It's easy to say, 'I'm anti-capitalist,' or, 'I'm anti-Western decadence,' without having to be challenged about what that actually means, or how you might go about reshaping society to make it better.

I get weak-kneed when I see chocolates and dessert.

I'm like a kid: I love dessert.

I love dessert.

I love my chocolate, I love my dessert, I love my cookie dough.

What is exhilarating in bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of giving offense.