Quotes About Indulgence

knocking back the wine and reaching for the cheap consolations of kimchee-scented Kleenex fiction

I'm still going to eat a lot of tacos," Nate said. "But I'm going to do it judgmentally

She would happily eat a hot dog every night for the entire summer

Why can't I just eat my waffle...

I blew a few smoke rings, remembering those years. Pot had helped, booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it. Not smack though

Why can't I just eat a waffle?

Las habitaciones de hotel de 34.000 dólares por noche, la hamburguesa cubierta de polvo de oro, que ofrecía Richard Nouveau en el Wall Street Burger Shoppe por 175 dólares, el martini de 10.000 dólares del hotel Algonquin, que se servía con un diamante en la copa…

Mother could go for one year without food, but not one day without her lip sticks.

restraint equals indulgence

Food is the rare moral arena in which the ethical choice is generally the one more likely to make you groan with pleasure. Why resist that?

Lily picked up her spoon and dipped into Rock Bottom Farm's maple ice cream. We could hear the crash of corporate collapse with every bite. Tough work, but somebody's got to do it.

Respecting the dignity of a spectacular food means enjoying it at its best.

who goes to the beauty shop and spends a small fortune.

But, like all indulgences that are valued not just for their product but for their process, the sento will never entirely disappear. For in the unhurried rituals of scrubbing and soaking, and in the perspective of profound relaxation that can only be derived from immersion in water the meek might describe as scalding, there are qualities of devotion, and celebration, and meditation, qualities that are necessary concomitants to a life worth living.

There aren't many things we humans need to do. We need to eat, we need to drink, we need to make love. And the French attitude is, okay, we should do those things very well.

On the contrary, it's a way to make sure that you can continue to experience pleasure. What's the point of great meals, great wines, and great blouses if they don't make you feel great?

One way of achieving this goal is by keeping wonderful experiences rare. No matter what you can afford, save great wine for special occasions.

Roll me in sugar and call me a fuckin jelly-doughnut!

A real drunk is only int'rested in two things: puttin paid to the jug in the hand, and huntin for the one still in the bush.

Here is a poem for you: The candy peddler is ringing his bell, and the child cries to its mother. Money becomes candy and candy becomes money. Money goes into the peddler's pocket, and candy goes into the child's mouth and is sweet.

you can indulge them. You can go for the golden egg of popularity, of pleasing them, giving them their way all the time. Then they grow up without any internal sense of standards or expectations, without a personal commitment to being disciplined or responsible.

I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater. And, of course, I bought some dumb stuff, too.

Too much of anything is bad, but too much whiskey is just enough. — Mark Twain

There's nothing wrong with stretching the truth. We stretch taffy, and that just makes it more delicious.