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Quotes About Indulgence

Golf was his greatest indulgence.
~ Ron Chernow
A man can afford to let himself go in a hen-house.
~ Ronald Harwood
What's this? Bacon and tangerines. We are going to have an orgy.
~ Rosamunde Pilcher
Crusty brown bread, butter, and a pot of pâté de foie gras; chicken Kiev, and the makings of a salad. Olive oil, fresh peaches, cheeses; a bottle of Scotch, a couple of bottles of wine. She bought flowers, an armful of daffodils
~ Rosamunde Pilcher
And a woman is only a woman, but a good Cigar is a Smoke.
~ Rudyard Kipling
Oh, yes, said Mother, you may be sure that there will always be plenty of chocolate cake around here.
~ Russell Hoban
When you attain my age you will understand one of life's great secrets: Luxury is best appreciated in small portions. When it becomes routine it loses its allure.
~ Ruth Reichl
It did a man no harm to get drunk now and then, but only now and then.
~ S.M. Stirling
She eats her whole packet of mints before the plane even takes off.
~ Sally Rippin
The enemy for the fanatic is pleasure, which makes it extremely important to continue to indulge in pleasure. Dance madly. That is how you get rid of terrorism.
~ Salman Rushdie
they came in search of the hot stuff, just like any man calling on a tart.
~ Salman Rushdie
We celebrate donut culture, it's sweet and it tastes good but there's a void at the heart
~ Salman Rushdie
He ate breakfast like a savage: quantities of leavened bread, chunks of cheese made from cows' milk, and coffee drowned in cows' milk too, which he called galão – things that no right-minded person would eat at the beginning of the day.)
~ Salman Rushdie
The temptation to start each day with several glazed donuts and to end it with an extramarital affair might be difficult for some people to resist, for reasons that are easily understood in evolutionary terms, but there are surely better ways to maximize one's long-term well-being.
~ Sam Harris
It feeds and grows on the blood which it sheds. The passions , from which it springs, gain strength and fury from indulgence.
~ William Ellery Channing
We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.
~ David Mamet, Boston Marriage
Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.
~ Dwight D. Eisenhower
The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.
~ Leontyne Price
I used to drink a lot of beer, but I was just getting fat as can be. Now that we've had a little success, I can afford to drink wine.
~ Tom DeLonge
Success hath made me wanton.
~ Ben Jonson
When I got my success I became decadent for a while. This was 2003 to 2008. I fell for tiramisu really hard. I've become more moderate since, because African-Americans are prone to diabetes.
~ Jill Scott
There is known to be a particular deity for drunkards and lovers.
~ Alexandre Dumas
Lucullus dines with Lucullus,' that is quite sufficient.
~ Alexandre Dumas
Taste the hashish, guest of mine—taste the hashish.
~ Alexandre Dumas