Quotes About Indulgence

Girls sprawled on the floor and across the couches. A sickly scent of plundered fruit flesh filled the humid air. Wine had been drink and spilled; goblets stood upon the table and lay upon the floor. Young faces were flushed with pleasure and a vicarious excitement. Gowns were rumpled and stained, slippers cast off. The fire burned loudly and fiercely. Wood cracked in the flames. There was little other light, for the candles had burned nearly all away.

He was a simple, animal hunger, and he didn't care what he was eating or how it tasted . It was like taking aspirin to make a headache go away. You don't enjoy the aspirin

Smug respectability, like the poor, we've had with us always. Today, however, ... such obtuseness is an indulgence we can no longer afford. The computer, nuclear energy for better or worse, and sudden, simultaneous influences upon everyone's TV screen have raised the ante and the risk considerably.

It's pitiful to have a life in which junk food is awarded the same high status as sex.

In my opinion, there's no condition in life that can't be ameliorated by a dose of junk food.

She had always been comforted by confectionery

What about desserts?" I asked. "If the world comes to an end, I'm going to want cookies.

We must display a boundless capacity to capitulate to desire and indulge in impulse; we must hunger for constant and immediate satisfaction

I always go for something like mac and cheese if I'm hungover. Pasta is great for soaking everything up.

I've used soap dishes as ashtrays in the best hotels in the world.

I could do with losing a few pounds off my bum, but I enjoy my social life and going out for dinner far too much to have the nicest bum in the world.

I don't drink liquor, but I do like chocolate ice cream soda.

I've picked up a great appetite for pastrami on rye and a nice cream soda. It is fantastic. So I have to be careful or I'm going to just get really fat.

I've picked up a great appetite for pastrami on rye and nice cream soda. It's fantastic, but I have to be careful, or I'm going to get really fat.

A lot of people say they eat, drink, and sleep sports, but does anyone really do it, ingesting nothing but Dodger Dogs and Soda Shaqs and Greg Norman Zinfandels 24/7?

I sit down on my sofa and I turn on 'Judge Judy.' That's my guilty pleasure. I could do a whole day of that.

Some of us have tough lives and find chocolate is a comfort and a friend. And some of us prefer a night on the sofa with Ant & Dec to hitting the gym. But whatever your excuse - and there is always an excuse - we are a nation of fatties.

I will spend anything on the best sheets in the world because I am going to be in them every night. I like them white and crazy soft.

Soft addictions are an alluring, seductive aspect of our culture - they are easy to attain and socially acceptable, they are even encouraged in many cases. Yet they are lethal to the spirit.

Some things are worth the splurge.

Some things are worth the fat and calories, although I have to watch it like a hawk.

It's pretty rare for me to be someplace that serves hot dogs and not eat one.

I think that love is like candy.""I don't like candy either, " I say. He smiles at me and shakes his head. "I think anyone who says they don't like candy just hasn't found the right flavor.

Disappointing cakes have often been sitting out too long. They should last just long enough to have the last pieces the next morning with coffee - who doesn't love cake with coffee?